by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Century College was awarded 451 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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Century College landed the #520 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,238 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Century College held the #816 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Century College is also ranked #25 out of 55 schools in Minnesota.
Since Century 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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Century College, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 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 Century College is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
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 Century College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,203 undergraduates at Century College with 3,280 being full-time and 4,923 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,850 | $8,628 | $10,922 | $13,340 | $14,426 |
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 Century 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 Century College, approximately 25% of students took out student loans averaging $5,487 a year. That adds up to $21,948 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Century College is 7.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Century College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3300 Century Ave N, White Bear Lake, MN 55110 |
| Phone: | 651-770-3200 |
| Website: | https://www.century.edu/ |
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, 5,566 students took at least one online class at Century College. This is a decrease from the 7,438 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,566 | 3,216 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,438 | 6,363 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,695 | 1,445 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,556 | 1,340 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,372 | 1,209 |
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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