by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Pima Community College was awarded 449 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, Pima County Community College District is ranked #766 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Pima County Community College District held the #804 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Pima County Community College District also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in Arizona ranking.
Pima Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
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 Pima 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 Pima Community College is 27%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Pima Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,544 undergraduates at Pima County Community College District with 3,365 being full-time and 12,179 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,831 | $3,852 | $5,851 | $8,076 | $8,766 |
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 Pima County Community College District, 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 Pima County Community College District, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,854 a year. That adds up to $15,416 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Pima County Community College District is 14.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Pima County Community College District are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4905C East Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85709-1275 |
| Phone: | 520-206-4500 |
| Website: | www.pima.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, 7,505 students took at least one online class at Pima Community College. This is a decrease from the 8,039 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,505 | 4,477 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,039 | 4,557 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,037 | 3,611 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,252 | 3,035 |
| 2016-2017 | 7,553 | 3,519 |
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.
References
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