by our College Data Analytics Team
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Albany Technical College was awarded 151 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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College Factual ranked Albany Technical College as #1,321 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Albany Technical College is also ranked #34 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
Albany Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Albany Technical College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Albany Technical College is 32%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 48% rate at Albany Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,022 undergraduates at Albany Technical College with 1,131 being full-time and 1,891 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 Albany Technical 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 Albany Technical College, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $3,223 a year. That adds up to $12,892 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Albany Technical College is 14.9%. 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 Albany Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1704 South Slappey Boulevard, Albany, GA 31701 |
| Phone: | 229-430-3500 |
| Website: | www.albanytech.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 1,979 students took at least one online class at Albany Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,592 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,979 | 1,612 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,592 | 2,262 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,474 | 1,430 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,149 | 1,239 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,131 | 1,052 |
Learn more about online learning at Albany 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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