by our College Data Analytics Team
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Mineral Area College was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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College Factual ranked MAC as #1,595 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 MAC held the #1,979 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, MAC is ranked at #31.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Mineral Area 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Mineral Area College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 Mineral Area College is 40%. 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 Mineral Area College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,410 undergraduates at MAC with 1,359 being full-time and 1,051 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,130 | $9,869 | $11,077 | $12,049 | $13,254 |
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 MAC, 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 MAC, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $4,900 a year. That adds up to $19,600 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for MAC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5270 Flat River Road, Park Hills, MO 63601-1000 |
| Phone: | 573-431-4593 |
| Website: | https://mineralarea.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 306 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 51 | NA |
| Nursing | 40 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 35 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 34 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 25 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 19 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 10 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 8 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 5 | 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, 1,394 students took at least one online class at Mineral Area College. This is an increase from the 1,388 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,394 | 564 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,388 | 522 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,406 | 493 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,384 | 445 |
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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