by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Patrick Henry Community College was awarded 49 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Patrick Henry is ranked #1,537 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Patrick Henry held the #1,692 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Virginia, Patrick Henry is ranked at #33.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Patrick Henry Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Patrick Henry Community College, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Patrick Henry Community College is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Patrick Henry Community College this rate is 55%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,050 undergraduates at Patrick Henry with 1,026 being full-time and 1,024 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Patrick Henry, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Patrick Henry, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $3,361 a year. That adds up to $13,444 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Patrick Henry are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 645 Patriot Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 |
| Phone: | 276-656-0200 |
| Website: | www.patrickhenry.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,374 students took at least one online class at Patrick Henry Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,565 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,374 | 599 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,565 | 617 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,436 | 444 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,535 | 440 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,448 | 474 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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