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Rowan-Cabarrus Community College was awarded 438 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Rowan-Cabarrus Community College as #1,320 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Rowan-Cabarrus Community College held the #1,377 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College also holds the #38 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
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Rowan-Cabarrus 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, this ratio is 15 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 30%. 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,109 undergraduates at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College with 2,143 being full-time and 4,966 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, 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 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,140 a year. That adds up to $16,560 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 8.7%. 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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Contact details for Rowan-Cabarrus Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1333 Jake Alexander Blvd, South, Salisbury, NC 28146 |
| Phone: | 704-216-7222 |
| Website: | https://www.rccc.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, 5,525 students took at least one online class at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. This is an increase from the 5,075 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,525 | 4,098 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,075 | 3,050 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,624 | 2,272 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,823 | 1,856 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,497 | 1,308 |
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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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