by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Huntington Junior College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Huntington Junior College was not ranked in College Factual’s Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The student to faculty ratio at Huntington Junior College is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 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 Huntington Junior College is 36%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Huntington Junior College has a freshmen retention rate of 80%. That’s a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It’s also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor’s degree in four years or less. This rate is 12% for first-time, full-time students at Huntington Junior College, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Huntington Junior College.
During the most recent academic year, there were 209 undergraduates at Huntington Junior College.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Huntington Junior College.
The overall average net price of Huntington Junior College is $16,772. 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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Huntington Junior 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 Huntington Junior College, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,394 a year. That adds up to $33,576 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 15.4%. 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. Get more details about paying for Huntington Junior College.
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor’s degree recipients from Huntington Junior College make around $21,783 per year during the early years of their employment. This is about 56% less than the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.
See which majors at Huntington Junior College make the most money.
Huntington Junior College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Huntington, West Virginia. Huntington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life. Get more details about the location of Huntington Junior College.
Get in touch with Huntington Junior College can be found below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 Fifth Ave, Huntington, WV 25701 |
| Phone: | 3046977550 |
| Website: | www.huntingtonjuniorcollege.edu |
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 3 majors graduated from Huntington Junior College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 28 | NA |
| Allied Health Services | 9 | $21,661 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 9 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 4 | $18,735 |
| Health/Medical Admin Services | 4 | $26,424 |
| Business Administration & Management | 1 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistance | 1 | 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.
182 students took at least one online class at Huntington Junior College.
Learn more about online learning at Huntington Junior 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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.