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Porterville College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
If you are worried about getting into Porterville College, 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.
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 Porterville College, this rate is 24 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 Porterville College is 43%. 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 Porterville College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,964 undergraduates at Porterville College with 1,383 being full-time and 2,581 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 Porterville 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 Porterville College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $11,310 a year. That adds up to $45,240 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Porterville College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 E College Ave, Porterville, CA 93257 |
| Phone: | 559-791-2200 |
| Website: | https://www.portervillecollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Human Development & Family Studies | 144 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 130 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 118 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 98 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 53 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 51 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 43 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 33 | NA |
| Sociology | 25 | NA |
| Nursing | 19 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 2,956 students took at least one online class at Porterville College. This is an increase from the 2,508 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,956 | 1,383 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,508 | 1,265 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,103 | 596 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,448 | 501 |
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.
References
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