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.
Eastern Arizona College was awarded 24 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Eastern Arizona College is ranked #201 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Eastern Arizona College held the #789 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 26 colleges in Arizona, Eastern Arizona College is ranked at #6.
If you are worried about getting into Eastern Arizona 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 Eastern Arizona College is 19 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 Eastern Arizona College is 37%. 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 Eastern Arizona College this rate is 51%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,392 undergraduates at Eastern Arizona College with 1,301 being full-time and 3,091 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,577 | $6,312 | $7,465 | $10,517 | $11,548 |
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 Eastern Arizona 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 Eastern Arizona College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $9,537 a year. That adds up to $38,148 over four years for those students.
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Get more details about the location of Eastern Arizona College.
Contact details for Eastern Arizona College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 615 N. Stadium Ave., Thatcher, AZ 85552-0769 |
| Phone: | 928-428-8272 |
| Website: | www.eac.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 221 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 179 | NA |
| Nursing | 71 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 53 | NA |
| Electronics Maintenance & Repair | 49 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 36 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 34 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 33 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 29 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 26 | 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, 1,183 students took at least one online class at Eastern Arizona College. This is an increase from the 1,120 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,183 | 456 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,120 | 423 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,264 | 435 |
| 2018-2019 | 948 | 241 |
Learn more about online learning at Eastern Arizona 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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