by our College Data Analytics Team
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John C Calhoun State Community College was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is manufacturing engineering technology.
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College Factual ranked Calhoun Community College as #843 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Calhoun Community College held the #1,153 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Calhoun Community College also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Alabama ranking.
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John C Calhoun State Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
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 John C Calhoun State Community College, this rate is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 John C Calhoun State Community College is 42%. This is lower 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 John C Calhoun State Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,278 undergraduates at Calhoun Community College with 2,558 being full-time and 5,720 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,850 | $6,256 | $7,896 | $9,874 | $10,912 |
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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun Community College, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $5,091 a year. That adds up to $20,364 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Calhoun Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6250 U S Highway 31 N, Tanner, AL 35671 |
| Phone: | 256-306-2500 |
| Website: | https://calhoun.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,660 | NA |
| Industrial Production Technology | 529 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 306 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 227 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 143 | NA |
| Nursing | 130 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 70 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 61 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 31 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 23 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 5,248 students took at least one online class at John C Calhoun State Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,470 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 5,248 | 2,949 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,470 | 3,375 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,454 | 5,798 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,474 | 1,933 |
Learn more about online learning at John C Calhoun 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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