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RSI was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that The Refrigeration School 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 as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At The Refrigeration School, this rate is 34 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The Refrigeration School is 89%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The Refrigeration School enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 897 full-time undergraduates at RSI.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,478 | $19,950 | $22,206 | $22,925 | $25,674 |
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 RSI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At RSI, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $8,319 a year. That adds up to $33,276 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at RSI is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Get more details about the location of The Refrigeration School.
Contact details for RSI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4210 E Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034-1816 |
| Phone: | 602-275-7133 |
| Website: | https://www.rsi.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 50 students took at least one online class at The Refrigeration School. This is an increase from the 40 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 50 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 40 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 63 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 12 | 12 |
| 2016-2017 | 33 | 33 |
Learn more about online learning at The Refrigeration School.
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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