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.
Triton College was awarded 311 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Triton College is ranked #956 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Triton College held the #1,233 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Triton College is ranked at #42.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Triton 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 is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Triton College, this rate is 19 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 Triton College is 30%. 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 Triton College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,819 undergraduates at Triton College with 2,557 being full-time and 6,262 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 Triton 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 Triton College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,851 a year. That adds up to $19,404 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Triton College is 9.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Triton College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2000 5Th Ave, River Grove, IL 60171-1995 |
| Phone: | 708-456-0300 |
| Website: | www.triton.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, 4,076 students took at least one online class at Triton College. This is a decrease from the 6,636 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,076 | 1,725 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,636 | 5,571 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,871 | 540 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,305 | 904 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,017 | 655 |
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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