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Talladega College Data & Information Overview

18% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Talladega College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Talladega College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Talladega College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Talladega College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Talladega 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.

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Talladega College Faculty

22 to 1 Student to Faculty
57% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Talladega College, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Talladega College is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  57 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Talladega College

60% Freshmen Retention
14% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Talladega College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  60 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Talladega College is 14%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  14 out of 100
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Talladega College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,097 Full-Time Undergraduates
95.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,142 undergraduates at Talladega College with 1,097 being full-time and 45 being part-time.

How Much Does Talladega College Cost?

$19,863 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
$32,024 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Talladega College is $19,863. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 Talladega College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Talladega College, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $8,006 a year. That adds up to $32,024 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Talladega College is 17.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Talladega College Graduates Make?

$28,412 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Talladega College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $28,412 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 33% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Talladega College make the most money.

Location of Talladega College

Alabama State
1,097 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Talladega, Alabama, Talladega College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Talladega draws many to the area.

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Contact details for Talladega College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 627 West Battle Street, Talladega, AL 35160
Phone: 256-761-6100
Website: www.talladega.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Talladega-College-Admissions/129261267185347
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalladegaEDU

Talladega College Majors

21 Majors With Completions
143 Undergraduate Degrees
4 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 21 majors graduated from Talladega College. Of these students, 143 received undergraduate degrees and 4 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 40 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 22 NA
General Psychology 22 NA
General Biology 13 NA
Social Work 7 NA
Communication & Media Studies 7 NA
Computer Information Systems 6 NA
Computer Science 6 NA
Sociology 6 NA
Music 6 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Talladega College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Talladega College

82% Take At Least One Class Online
23% Take All Classes Online

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, 988 students took at least one online class at Talladega College. This is a decrease from the 1,081 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 988 274
2019-2020 1,081 113
2018-2019 1,178 100
2017-2018 1,212 102
2016-2017 782 91

Learn more about online learning at Talladega College.

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Notes and References

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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