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.
Gateway Community and Technical College was awarded 93 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Gateway is ranked #1,992 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 Gateway held the #2,024 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 38 colleges in Kentucky, Gateway is ranked at #23.
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Since Gateway Community and Technical 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Gateway Community and Technical College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Gateway Community and Technical College is 89%. This is higher 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 Gateway Community and Technical College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,299 undergraduates at Gateway with 1,151 being full-time and 3,148 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,096 | $5,119 | $6,278 | $8,451 | $10,866 |
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 Gateway, 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 Gateway, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $5,002 a year. That adds up to $20,008 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Gateway is 12.7%. 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 Gateway are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 Technology Way, Florence, KY 41042 |
| Phone: | 859-441-4500 |
| Website: | https://gateway.kctcs.edu/index.aspx |
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, 2,510 students took at least one online class at Gateway Community and Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,514 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,510 | 1,467 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,514 | 1,415 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,143 | 1,065 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,755 | 801 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,938 | 821 |
Learn more about online learning at Gateway Community and Technical 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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