Douglas Education Center Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is Douglas Education Center Ranked?

2021 Rankings

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.

Douglas Education Center was awarded 6 badges in the 2021 rankings.

Overall Quality

Douglas Education Center was not ranked in College Factual's 2021 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Douglas Education Center?

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Douglas Education Center since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

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Douglas Education Center Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

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 Douglas Education Center, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Douglas Education Center is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Douglas Education Center

Freshmen Retention Rate

Douglas Education Center has a freshmen retention rate of 84%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

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Douglas Education Center Is Not Very Diverse

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 208 undergraduates at Douglas Education Center with 202 being full-time and 6 being part-time.

Douglas Education Center Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

With an overall score of 17.85 out of 100, Douglas Education Center is one of the least diverse schools in the nation.

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How Much Does Douglas Education Center Cost?

The overall average net price of Douglas Education Center is $24,516. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Douglas Education Center

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$22,014	$22,972	$26,094	$28,571	$28,729

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 Douglas Education Center, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Douglas Education Center, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $5,844 a year. That adds up to $23,376 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Douglas Education Center is 16.6%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Douglas Education Center Graduates Make?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Douglas Education Center make around $23,400 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 41% less that the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

See which majors at Douglas Education Center make the most money.

Location of Douglas Education Center

Douglas Education Center is a private for-profit institution located in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The suburban atmosphere of Monessen makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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Contact details for Douglas Education Center are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	130 7Th St, Monessen, PA 15062
Phone:	724-684-3684
Website:	www.dec.edu

Douglas Education Center Majors

Learn more about the majors offered at Douglas Education Center along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Douglas Education Center

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 2017-2018, 159 students took at least one online class at Douglas Education Center. This is a decrease from the 184 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	159	0
2016-2017	184	0
2015-2016	186	0
2014-2015	189	0
2013-2014	3	0

Learn more about online learning at Douglas Education Center.

Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.