by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Spartanburg Community College was awarded 418 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general administrative assistant and secretarial science.
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College Factual ranked Spartanburg Community College as #1,778 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 Spartanburg Community College held the #1,850 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 44 colleges in South Carolina, Spartanburg Community College is ranked at #32.
If you are worried about getting into Spartanburg Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Spartanburg Community College, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Spartanburg Community College is 49%. This is comparable to 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 Spartanburg Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,108 undergraduates at Spartanburg Community College with 1,850 being full-time and 2,258 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,490 | $2,270 | $2,876 | $2,800 | $4,095 |
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 Spartanburg Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Spartanburg Community College, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $3,428 a year. That adds up to $13,712 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Spartanburg Community College is 12.1%. 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 Spartanburg Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 107 Community College Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303 |
| Phone: | 864-592-4500 |
| Website: | https://www.sccsc.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,451 students took at least one online class at Spartanburg Community College. This is an increase from the 2,121 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,451 | 1,618 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,121 | 606 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,647 | 424 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,648 | 458 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,748 | 458 |
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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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