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.
Seattle Central College was awarded 421 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general health services/allied health/health sciences.
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Seattle Central is ranked #1,039 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Seattle Central held the #1,203 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Seattle Central is also ranked #21 out of 51 schools in Washington.
Seattle Central 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 Seattle Central College, this ratio is 18 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 Seattle Central College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,763 undergraduates at Seattle Central with 3,068 being full-time and 2,695 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 Seattle Central, 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 Seattle Central, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $8,660 a year. That adds up to $34,640 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Seattle Central is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Seattle Central are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1701 Broadway Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 |
| Phone: | 206-934-3800 |
| Website: | www.seattlecentral.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 82 | $71,172 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 23 | NA |
| Information Technology | 8 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 0 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 0 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 0 | NA |
| Computer Systems Networking | 0 | NA |
| Audiovisual Communications | 0 | NA |
| Carpentry | 0 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 0 | NA |
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, 2,976 students took at least one online class at Seattle Central College. This is a decrease from the 3,998 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,976 | 1,474 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,998 | 2,064 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,800 | 658 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,540 | 579 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,428 | 562 |
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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.
References
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