by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Corning Community College was awarded 17 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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Corning Community College is ranked #762 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Corning Community College held the #1,936 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, Corning Community College is ranked at #72.
If you are worried about getting into Corning 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 Corning Community College is 27 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 Corning Community College is 100%. This is higher 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 Corning Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,063 undergraduates at Corning Community College with 1,493 being full-time and 2,570 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,821 | $6,764 | $10,792 | $12,111 | $14,193 |
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 Corning Community 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 Corning Community College, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,354 a year. That adds up to $21,416 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Corning Community College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Corning Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Academic Dr, Corning, NY 14830 |
| Phone: | 607-962-9011 |
| Website: | https://www.corning-cc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 167 | NA |
| Nursing | 40 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 35 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 14 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 13 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 10 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 10 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 10 | NA |
| Mechanical Engineering Technology | 9 | NA |
| Computer Science | 5 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 992 students took at least one online class at Corning Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,152 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 992 | 310 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,152 | 355 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,374 | 308 |
| 2018-2019 | 963 | 228 |
Learn more about online learning at Corning 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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