by our College Data Analytics Team
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South Suburban College was awarded 149 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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SSC is ranked #991 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 SSC held the #1,103 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, SSC is ranked at #44.
South Suburban 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 at South Suburban College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 South Suburban College is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 33% rate at South Suburban College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,366 undergraduates at SSC with 800 being full-time and 2,566 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 SSC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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Contact details for SSC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 15800 South State Street, South Holland, IL 60473-1200 |
| Phone: | 708-596-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.ssc.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, 1,704 students took at least one online class at South Suburban College. This is a decrease from the 2,670 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,704 | 931 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,670 | 2,604 |
| 2018-2019 | 919 | 188 |
| 2017-2018 | 790 | 143 |
| 2016-2017 | 780 | 148 |
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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