by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
Stark State College was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology.
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Stark State College landed the #1,492 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Stark State College held the #1,645 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Stark State College also holds the #58 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.
Since Stark State College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
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 Stark State College, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 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 Stark State College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 49% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Stark State College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,772 undergraduates at Stark State College with 2,798 being full-time and 7,974 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 Stark State College, 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 Stark State College, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $4,155 a year. That adds up to $16,620 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Stark State College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6200 Frank Ave Nw, North Canton, OH 44720 |
| Phone: | 330-494-6170 |
| Website: | www.starkstate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Metal Working | 179 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 159 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 141 | NA |
| Nursing | 121 | NA |
| Accounting | 120 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 118 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 86 | NA |
| Taxation | 72 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 66 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 61 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 5,784 students took at least one online class at Stark State College. This is a decrease from the 6,112 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,784 | 2,627 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,112 | 2,881 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,603 | 3,807 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,417 | 1,874 |
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.
References
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