by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 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.
Henderson Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Henderson Community College is ranked #2,060 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Henderson Community College held the #2,152 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 39 colleges in Kentucky, Henderson Community College is ranked at #36.
If you are worried about getting into Henderson Community 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 is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Henderson Community College, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Henderson Community College is 100%. This is higher 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 Henderson Community College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,331 undergraduates at Henderson Community College with 422 being full-time and 909 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 Henderson Community 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 Henderson Community College, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $3,396 a year. That adds up to $13,584 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Henderson Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2660 S Green St, Henderson, KY 42420-4699 |
| Phone: | 270-827-1867 |
| Website: | https://henderson.kctcs.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 116 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 67 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 50 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 42 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 41 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 34 | NA |
| Nursing | 34 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 23 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 23 | 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, 649 students took at least one online class at Henderson Community College. This is a decrease from the 693 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 649 | 414 |
| 2021-2022 | 693 | 418 |
| 2020-2021 | 703 | 418 |
| 2018-2019 | 763 | 336 |
Learn more about online learning at Henderson 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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