by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Sierra Nevada College was awarded 4 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is resort management.
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SNC landed the #1,946 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,238 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 10 colleges in Nevada, SNC is ranked at #9.
The acceptance rate at Sierra Nevada College is a competitive 67%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 22% of students accepted to SNC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 600.
The student to faculty ratio at SNC is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 Sierra Nevada College is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Sierra Nevada College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SNC the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 274 undergraduates at SNC with 259 being full-time and 15 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,154 | $44,540 | $36,540 | $32,040 | $28,840 |
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 SNC, 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 SNC, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $6,395 a year. That adds up to $25,580 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SNC is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Get more details about the location of Sierra Nevada College.
Contact details for SNC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, NV 89451 |
| Phone: | 775-831-1314 |
| Website: | www.sierranevada.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/snclaketahoe |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/snclaketahoe |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 22 | NA |
| International Business | 11 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 11 | $28,090 |
| Marketing | 9 | $45,384 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 8 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 6 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 6 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 5 | NA |
| General Biology | 4 | NA |
| English Literature (Other) | 4 | NA |
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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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