by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Passaic County Community College was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public health.
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College Factual ranked PCCC as #1,725 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 PCCC held the #1,788 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
PCCC is also ranked #37 out of 44 schools in New Jersey.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Passaic County Community 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 is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Passaic County Community College, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Passaic County Community College is 100%. This is higher 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 Passaic County Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,549 undergraduates at PCCC with 2,128 being full-time and 3,421 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,732 | $8,478 | $10,477 | $13,041 | $14,667 |
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 PCCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At PCCC, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $4,896 a year. That adds up to $19,584 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at PCCC is 11.3%. 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 PCCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179 |
| Phone: | 973-684-6800 |
| Website: | https://web.pccc.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 3,254 students took at least one online class at Passaic County Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,201 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,254 | 1,099 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,201 | 4,543 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,195 | 234 |
| 2017-2018 | 952 | 252 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,121 | 290 |
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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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