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Columbia Gorge Community College is ranked #1,900 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Columbia Gorge Community College also holds the #26 spot on the Best Colleges in Oregon ranking.
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If you are worried about getting into Columbia Gorge Community 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 Columbia Gorge Community College is about average at 13 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 Columbia Gorge Community College is 32%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 49% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Columbia Gorge Community College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 825 undergraduates at Columbia Gorge Community College with 340 being full-time and 485 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 Columbia Gorge Community 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 Columbia Gorge Community College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $6,600 a year. That adds up to $26,400 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Columbia Gorge Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 E Scenic Dr, The Dalles, OR 97058 |
| Phone: | 541-506-6011 |
| Website: | www.cgcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 125 | NA |
| Nursing | 20 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 9 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 9 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 5 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 5 | NA |
| Accounting | 3 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 2 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 1 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 1 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 357 students took at least one online class at Columbia Gorge Community College. This is an increase from the 328 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 357 | 136 |
| 2021-2022 | 328 | 119 |
| 2020-2021 | 628 | 241 |
| 2018-2019 | 514 | 148 |
Learn more about online learning at Columbia Gorge Community 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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