by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Rockland Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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Rockland Community College landed the #946 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Rockland Community College held the #1,234 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, Rockland Community College is ranked at #84.
If you are worried about getting into Rockland Community 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 at Rockland Community College is 19 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 Rockland Community College is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Rockland Community College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,735 undergraduates at Rockland Community College with 2,894 being full-time and 2,841 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,670 | $10,503 | $12,528 | $13,819 | $16,665 |
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 Rockland Community College, 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 Rockland Community College, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $5,097 a year. That adds up to $20,388 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Rockland 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 Rockland Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 145 College Rd, Suffern, NY 10901-3699 |
| Phone: | 845-574-4000 |
| Website: | www.sunyrockland.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 359 | NA |
| Nursing | 106 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 95 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 68 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 57 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 32 | NA |
| Information Science | 25 | NA |
| Information Technology | 24 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 21 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 19 | 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, 2,925 students took at least one online class at Rockland Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,952 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,925 | 987 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,952 | 1,901 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,784 | 3,899 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,565 | 243 |
Learn more about online learning at Rockland Community College.
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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