by our College Data Analytics Team
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State Fair Community College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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College Factual ranked State Fair Community College as #1,322 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when State Fair Community College held the #1,611 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
State Fair Community College is also ranked #24 out of 48 schools in Missouri.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into State Fair 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.
The student to faculty ratio at State Fair Community College is about average at 17 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.
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 State Fair Community College is 31%. 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 State Fair Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,928 undergraduates at State Fair Community College with 1,976 being full-time and 1,952 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,394 | $6,487 | $7,435 | $8,796 | $8,870 |
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 State Fair 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 State Fair Community College, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,464 a year. That adds up to $17,856 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for State Fair Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3201 W 16Th Street, Sedalia, MO 65301-2199 |
| Phone: | 877-311-7322 |
| Website: | https://www.sfccmo.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 385 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 45 | NA |
| Nursing | 42 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 33 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 29 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 27 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 26 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 14 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 13 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 12 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 2,725 students took at least one online class at State Fair Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,791 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,725 | 1,463 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,791 | 1,618 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,812 | 1,505 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,970 | 1,375 |
Learn more about online learning at State Fair Community College.
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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