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Richland Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Richland Community College as #1,651 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 Richland Community College held the #1,739 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Richland Community College also holds the #72 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
Richland 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 to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Richland Community College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Richland Community College is 53%. 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 Richland Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,235 undergraduates at Richland Community College with 620 being full-time and 1,615 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,432 | $5,668 | $7,395 | $9,033 | $10,325 |
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 Richland 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 Richland Community College, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,988 a year. That adds up to $19,952 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Richland Community College is 13.5%. 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 Richland Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Park, Decatur, IL 62521-8513 |
| Phone: | 217-875-7200 |
| Website: | https://www.richland.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, 1,060 students took at least one online class at Richland Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,324 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,060 | 441 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,324 | 776 |
| 2018-2019 | 770 | 246 |
| 2017-2018 | 730 | 236 |
| 2016-2017 | 723 | 234 |
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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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