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Shoreline Community College was awarded 87 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Shoreline Community College as #1,154 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 Shoreline Community College held the #1,187 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Shoreline Community College is also ranked #24 out of 51 schools in Washington.
Since Shoreline Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
At Shoreline Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Shoreline Community College is 99%. 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 Shoreline Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,382 undergraduates at Shoreline Community College with 2,544 being full-time and 2,838 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,398 | $6,349 | $10,665 | $12,132 | $13,626 |
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 Shoreline 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 Shoreline Community College, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $5,432 a year. That adds up to $21,728 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Shoreline Community College is 13.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Shoreline Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133-5696 |
| Phone: | 206-546-4101 |
| Website: | www.shoreline.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, 2,281 students took at least one online class at Shoreline Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,735 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,281 | 865 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,735 | 1,153 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,455 | 1,260 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,327 | 1,193 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,277 | 1,070 |
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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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