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.
Scottsdale Community College was awarded 12 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is hospitality management.
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Scottsdale Community College is ranked #920 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Scottsdale Community College held the #1,359 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Scottsdale Community College is also ranked #16 out of 26 schools in Arizona.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Scottsdale 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Scottsdale Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Scottsdale Community College is 100%. This is higher 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 Scottsdale Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,634 undergraduates at Scottsdale Community College with 2,013 being full-time and 5,621 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,832 | $12,706 | $15,001 | $16,230 | $18,529 |
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 Scottsdale Community 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 Scottsdale Community College, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $3,740 a year. That adds up to $14,960 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Scottsdale Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9000 E Chaparral Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85256 |
| Phone: | 480-423-6000 |
| Website: | www.scottsdalecc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 265 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 211 | NA |
| Nursing | 105 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 101 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 78 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 58 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 55 | NA |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 50 | NA |
| Natural Sciences | 45 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 40 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,691 students took at least one online class at Scottsdale Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,287 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,691 | 1,738 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,287 | 1,849 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,394 | 2,530 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,833 | 960 |
Learn more about online learning at Scottsdale Community College.
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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