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CMC 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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Since Copper Mountain Community 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 to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Copper Mountain Community College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Copper Mountain Community College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Copper Mountain Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,539 undergraduates at CMC with 437 being full-time and 1,102 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 CMC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CMC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $3,500 a year. That adds up to $14,000 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CMC is 14.6%. 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 CMC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6162 Rotary Way, Joshua Tree, CA 92252 |
| Phone: | 760-366-3791 |
| Website: | www.cmccd.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 931 students took at least one online class at Copper Mountain Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,390 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 931 | 598 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,390 | 1,256 |
| 2018-2019 | 728 | 211 |
| 2017-2018 | 663 | 150 |
| 2016-2017 | 638 | 125 |
Learn more about online learning at Copper Mountain 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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