by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Lee College was awarded 40 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is science technologies / technicians.
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Lee College landed the #629 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.
Lee College also holds the #27 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Lee 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Lee College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Lee College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Lee College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,487 undergraduates at Lee College with 1,567 being full-time and 5,920 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,687 | $1,848 | $8,449 | $8,066 | $10,295 |
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 Lee 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 Lee College, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,668 a year. That adds up to $18,672 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lee College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 511 S Whiting, Baytown, TX 77520 |
| Phone: | 281-427-5611 |
| Website: | www.lee.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 1,594 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 329 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 227 | NA |
| Physical Science Technicians | 220 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 192 | NA |
| Horticulture | 166 | NA |
| Drafting & Design Engineering Technology | 83 | NA |
| Natural Sciences | 80 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 74 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 68 | 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, 2,937 students took at least one online class at Lee College. This is an increase from the 2,858 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,937 | 1,297 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,858 | 1,267 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,685 | 3,064 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,720 | 435 |
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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