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.
Gadsden State Community College was awarded 34 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business support & assistant services.
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GSCC landed the #761 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 GSCC held the #1,669 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 42 colleges in Alabama, GSCC is ranked at #12.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Gadsden State 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Gadsden State Community College is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Gadsden State Community College is 54%. 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 Gadsden State Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,993 undergraduates at GSCC with 1,916 being full-time and 2,077 being part-time.
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 GSCC, 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 GSCC, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $7,107 a year. That adds up to $28,428 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for GSCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1001 George Wallace Dr, Gadsden, AL 35903 |
| Phone: | 256-549-8200 |
| Website: | www.gadsdenstate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 373 | NA |
| Nursing | 214 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 214 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 128 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 120 | NA |
| Environmental Control Technology | 79 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 76 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 69 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 48 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 45 | 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, 2,851 students took at least one online class at Gadsden State Community College. This is an increase from the 2,812 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,851 | 1,155 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,812 | 1,211 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,829 | 1,439 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,349 | 746 |
Learn more about online learning at Gadsden State 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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