by our College Data Analytics Team
In 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.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Phillips County Community College landed the #1,874 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.
Phillips County Community College is also ranked #20 out of 36 schools in Arkansas.
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If you are worried about getting into Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Phillips County Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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.
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 Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,093 undergraduates at Phillips County Community College with 459 being full-time and 634 being part-time.
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 Phillips County Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at Phillips County Community College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Phillips County Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 Campus Drive, Helena, AR 72342-0785 |
| Phone: | 870-338-6474 |
| Website: | www.pccua.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 64 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 43 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 40 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 20 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 19 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 18 | NA |
| Construction | 14 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 14 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 14 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 13 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 364 students took at least one online class at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas. This is a decrease from the 375 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 364 | 122 |
| 2021-2022 | 375 | 114 |
| 2020-2021 | 351 | 120 |
| 2018-2019 | 234 | 73 |
Learn more about online learning at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas.
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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