by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
San Antonio College was awarded 349 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, San Antonio College is ranked #598 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when San Antonio College held the #681 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
San Antonio College also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that San Antonio 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 as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At San Antonio College, this rate is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at San Antonio College is 53%. This is higher 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 San Antonio College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,231 undergraduates at San Antonio College with 3,685 being full-time and 15,546 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,889 | $6,773 | $8,857 | $10,579 | $11,679 |
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 San Antonio College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At San Antonio College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $5,539 a year. That adds up to $22,156 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at San Antonio College is 8.1%. 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 San Antonio College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1819 N. Main Ave.,, San Antonio, TX 78212-3941 |
| Phone: | 210-486-0000 |
| Website: | www.alamo.edu/sac |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 9,331 students took at least one online class at San Antonio College. This is a decrease from the 10,270 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,331 | 6,825 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,270 | 6,470 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,545 | 3,947 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,350 | 3,797 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,401 | 3,543 |
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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