by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
South Piedmont Community College was awarded 42 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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South Piedmont Community College is ranked #1,476 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, South Piedmont Community College is ranked at #46.
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South Piedmont 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, South Piedmont 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at South Piedmont Community College is 39%. This is lower 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 South Piedmont Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,019 undergraduates at South Piedmont Community College with 605 being full-time and 2,414 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 South Piedmont Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At South Piedmont Community College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $1,500 a year. That adds up to $6,000 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for South Piedmont Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 680 Highway 74 West, Polkton, NC 28135 |
| Phone: | 704-272-5300 |
| Website: | https://www.spcc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 2,254 students took at least one online class at South Piedmont Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,502 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,254 | 1,447 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,502 | 1,738 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,108 | 1,184 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,618 | 802 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,685 | 818 |
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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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