by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair technologies.
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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College landed the #1,715 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Elizabethtown Community and Technical College held the #1,987 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is also ranked #21 out of 39 schools in Kentucky.
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Since Elizabethtown Community and Technical 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 as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is 91%. This is higher 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 Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,850 undergraduates at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College with 2,160 being full-time and 3,690 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,710 | $4,170 | $6,056 | $8,708 | $10,118 |
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 Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, 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 Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,800 a year. That adds up to $15,200 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 600 College Street Rd, Elizabethtown, KY 42701-3081 |
| Phone: | 270-769-2371 |
| Website: | https://elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 579 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 510 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 376 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 334 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 266 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 258 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 205 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 126 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 111 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 100 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,638 students took at least one online class at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. This is an increase from the 3,546 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,638 | 2,204 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,546 | 2,116 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,067 | 2,535 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,274 | 1,461 |
Learn more about online learning at Elizabethtown Community and Technical 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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