by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Columbia Gorge Community College was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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Columbia Gorge Community 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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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 an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 26%. This is lower than 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 Columbia Gorge Community College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
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 7% of students took out student loans averaging $6,542 a year. That adds up to $26,168 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Columbia Gorge Community College is 8.1%. 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 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/ |
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, 328 students took at least one online class at Columbia Gorge Community College. This is a decrease from the 628 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 328 | 119 |
| 2019-2020 | 628 | 241 |
| 2018-2019 | 537 | 164 |
| 2017-2018 | 514 | 148 |
| 2016-2017 | 514 | 141 |
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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