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John A Logan College is ranked #2,033 out of 2,198 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when John A Logan College held the #2,043 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
John A Logan College also holds the #84 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
If you are worried about getting into John A Logan 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 John A Logan 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.
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 John A Logan College is 39%. 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 John A Logan College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,328 undergraduates at John A Logan College with 1,481 being full-time and 1,847 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 John A Logan 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 John A Logan College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $8,736 a year. That adds up to $34,944 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at John A Logan College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for John A Logan College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 Logan College Drive, Carterville, IL 62918-2500 |
| Phone: | 618-985-2828 |
| Website: | https://www.jalc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 210 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 139 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 62 | NA |
| Nursing | 49 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 45 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 24 | NA |
| Information Technology | 22 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 21 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 21 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 19 | 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, 1,265 students took at least one online class at John A Logan College. This is a decrease from the 1,342 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,265 | 294 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,342 | 417 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,543 | 379 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,419 | 476 |
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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