by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Tidewater Community College was awarded 282 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Tidewater Community College is ranked #1,488 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Tidewater Community College also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
If you are worried about getting into Tidewater 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 at Tidewater Community College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Tidewater Community College is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
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 Tidewater Community College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,769 undergraduates at Tidewater Community College with 5,806 being full-time and 10,963 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,652 | $6,376 | $8,808 | $11,539 | $12,844 |
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 Tidewater Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Tidewater Community College, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,559 a year. That adds up to $18,236 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Tidewater Community College is 14.1%. 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 Tidewater Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 121 College Place, Norfolk, VA 23510 |
| Phone: | 757-822-1111 |
| Website: | www.tcc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 13,738 students took at least one online class at Tidewater Community College. This is a decrease from the 16,067 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 13,738 | 9,840 |
| 2019-2020 | 16,067 | 14,188 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,692 | 3,519 |
| 2017-2018 | 9,191 | 3,733 |
| 2016-2017 | 9,193 | 3,698 |
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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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