by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Kilgore College was awarded 37 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair technologies.
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Kilgore College landed the #1,794 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Kilgore College held the #2,010 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Kilgore College is also ranked #98 out of 115 schools in Texas.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Kilgore 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 Kilgore 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.
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 Kilgore College is 39%. 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 Kilgore College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,100 undergraduates at Kilgore College with 2,066 being full-time and 3,034 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,525 | $5,567 | $7,503 | $11,212 | $11,078 |
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 Kilgore 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 Kilgore College, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $5,465 a year. That adds up to $21,860 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kilgore College is 15.1%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Kilgore College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1100 Broadway, Kilgore, TX 75662-3299 |
| Phone: | 903-984-8531 |
| Website: | https://www.kilgore.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 2020-2021, 2,530 students took at least one online class at Kilgore College. This is an increase from the 2,313 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,530 | 980 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,313 | 783 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,095 | 614 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,710 | 453 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,213 | 330 |
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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