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Marion Technical College Data & Information Overview

136 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
11% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Marion Technical College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Marion Technical College Ranked?

#1,654 Best Colleges in Nation
#63 Best Colleges in OH
Medical/Clinical Assistant Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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.

Marion Technical College was awarded 136 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medical/clinical assistant.

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Overall Quality

MTC is ranked #1,654 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MTC held the #1,993 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

MTC also holds the #63 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

See all of the rankings for Marion Technical College.

Is It Hard to Get Into MTC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Marion Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

Learn more about Marion Technical College admissions.

Marion Technical College Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At MTC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Marion Technical College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Marion Technical College

62% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Marion Technical College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  62 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Marion Technical College.

Marion Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

480 Full-Time Undergraduates
9.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
69.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,147 undergraduates at MTC with 480 being full-time and 1,667 being part-time.

How Much Does Marion Technical College Cost?

$7,079 Net Price
24% Take Out Loans
$17,712 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of MTC is $7,079. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for MTC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$5,658 $5,214 $8,431 $10,085 $10,602

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 MTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 MTC, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $4,428 a year. That adds up to $17,712 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MTC is 10.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do MTC Graduates Make?

$37,638 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from MTC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $37,638 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 11% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Marion Technical College make the most money.

Location of Marion Technical College

Ohio State
480 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Marion Technical College is a public institution located in Marion, Ohio. Marion is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for MTC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1467 Mount Vernon Ave, Marion, OH 43302-5694
Phone: 740-389-4636
Website: www.mtc.edu/

Marion Technical College Majors

25 Majors With Completions
279 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Marion Technical College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at MTC

56% Take At Least One Class Online
28% Take All Classes Online

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, 1,483 students took at least one online class at Marion Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,338 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,483 740
2019-2020 1,338 569
2018-2019 1,049 418
2017-2018 1,053 400
2016-2017 960 313

Learn more about online learning at Marion Technical College.

Notes and References

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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