by our College Data Analytics Team
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Marshalltown Community College was awarded 48 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked Marshalltown Community College as #1,472 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Marshalltown Community College held the #1,781 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 40 colleges in Iowa, Marshalltown Community College is ranked at #30.
Marshalltown 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 Marshalltown Community College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Marshalltown 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 Marshalltown Community College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,836 undergraduates at Marshalltown Community College with 678 being full-time and 1,158 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,805 | $6,207 | $7,410 | $8,973 | $5,004 |
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 Marshalltown Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Marshalltown Community College, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $4,992 a year. That adds up to $19,968 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Marshalltown Community College is 13.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Marshalltown Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3700 S Center St, Marshalltown, IA 50158 |
| Phone: | 641-752-7106 |
| Website: | https://mcc.iavalley.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,169 students took at least one online class at Marshalltown Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,179 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,169 | 459 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,179 | 453 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,386 | 347 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,278 | 345 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,250 | 355 |
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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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