by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Eastern Gateway Community College was awarded 380 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is adult health nurse/nursing.
According to College Factual's 2023 analysis, Eastern Gateway Community College is ranked #412 out of 2,241 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Eastern Gateway Community College held the #1,431 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 96 colleges in Ohio, Eastern Gateway Community College is ranked at #15.
See all of the rankings for Eastern Gateway Community College.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Eastern Gateway Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
Learn more about Eastern Gateway Community College admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at Eastern Gateway Community College is 47 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.
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 Eastern Gateway Community College is 5%. 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 Gateway Community College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Eastern Gateway Community College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 40,036 undergraduates at Eastern Gateway Community College with 12,765 being full-time and 27,271 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,324 | $2,149 | $3,241 | $3,625 | $5,202 |
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 Gateway 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 Eastern Gateway Community College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $3,444 a year. That adds up to $13,776 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Eastern Gateway Community College is 8.7%. 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 Eastern Gateway Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 110 John Scott Highway, Steubenville, OH 43952-3598 |
| Phone: | 740-264-5591 |
| Website: | www.egcc.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 2019-2020, 38,733 students took at least one online class at Eastern Gateway Community College. This is an increase from the 24,928 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 38,733 | 38,343 |
| 2018-2019 | 24,928 | 24,208 |
| 2017-2018 | 13,701 | 12,576 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,781 | 6,088 |
| 2015-2016 | 2,817 | 2,101 |
Learn more about online learning at Eastern Gateway 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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