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St Charles Community College Data & Information Overview

412 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
5% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how St Charles Community College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is St Charles Community College Ranked?

#694 Best Colleges in Nation
#18 Best Colleges in MO
Liberal Arts Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2024 Rankings

College 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.

St Charles Community College was awarded 412 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.

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Overall Quality

SCC is ranked #694 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 SCC held the #1,104 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

SCC is also ranked #18 out of 48 schools in Missouri.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into St Charles Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

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St Charles Community College Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
26% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At St Charles Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 St Charles Community College is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  26 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at St Charles Community College

57% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 St Charles Community College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  57 out of 100
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St Charles Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,210 Full-Time Undergraduates
19.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,014 undergraduates at SCC with 3,210 being full-time and 2,804 being part-time.

How Much Does St Charles Community College Cost?

$3,248 Net Price
6% Take Out Loans
$17,676 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SCC is $3,248. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for SCC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$2,107 $2,536 $4,001 $5,575 $6,660

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 6% of students took out student loans averaging $4,419 a year. That adds up to $17,676 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SCC is 5.3%. 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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How Much Money Do SCC Graduates Make?

$39,804 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from SCC make around $39,804 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of St Charles Community College

Missouri State
3,210 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
St Charles Community College is a public institution located in Cottleville, Missouri. Cottleville is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for SCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr, Cottleville, MO 63376-0975
Phone: 636-922-8000
Website: www.stchas.edu/

St Charles Community College Majors

27 Majors With Completions
847 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at St Charles Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SCC

51% Take At Least One Class Online
17% Take All Classes Online

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, 2,888 students took at least one online class at St Charles Community College. This is an increase from the 2,823 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 2,888 985
2019-2020 2,823 737
2018-2019 2,318 815
2017-2018 2,089 756
2016-2017 1,848 585

Learn more about online learning at St Charles Community College.

Notes and References

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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