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Somerset Community College was awarded 126 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair technologies.
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College Factual ranked SCC as #2,145 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 SCC held the #2,153 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
SCC is also ranked #32 out of 38 schools in Kentucky.
Somerset Community 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 Somerset Community College, this ratio is 16 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 Somerset Community College is 97%. 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 Somerset Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,837 undergraduates at SCC with 2,048 being full-time and 2,789 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,986 | $4,583 | $6,112 | $9,467 | $10,737 |
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 SCC, 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 SCC, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $4,428 a year. That adds up to $17,712 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SCC is 15.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for SCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 808 Monticello Street, Somerset, KY 42501-2973 |
| Phone: | 877-629-9722 |
| Website: | https://somerset.kctcs.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, 3,269 students took at least one online class at Somerset Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,405 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,269 | 2,327 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,405 | 2,332 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,621 | 2,143 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,889 | 2,355 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,026 | 2,284 |
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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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