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Santa Fe Community College Data & Information Overview

49 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
7% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how Santa Fe Community College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Santa Fe Community College Ranked?

#1,658 Best Colleges in Nation
#13 Best Colleges in NM
Early Childhood Education Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College 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.

Santa Fe Community College was awarded 49 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is early childhood education.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked SFCC as #1,658 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 SFCC held the #1,809 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

SFCC also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in New Mexico ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SFCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Santa Fe Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

Learn more about Santa Fe Community College admissions.

Santa Fe Community College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
30% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At SFCC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Santa Fe Community College is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  30 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Santa Fe Community College

52% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Santa Fe Community College this rate is 52%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  52 out of 100
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Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Santa Fe Community College.

Santa Fe Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

759 Full-Time Undergraduates
69.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
63.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,459 undergraduates at SFCC with 759 being full-time and 2,700 being part-time.

How Much Does Santa Fe Community College Cost?

$6,663 Net Price
1% Take Out Loans
$11,876 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SFCC is $6,663. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 SFCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 SFCC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $2,969 a year. That adds up to $11,876 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SFCC is 6.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do SFCC Graduates Make?

$36,034 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from SFCC make around $36,034 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 15% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Santa Fe Community College

New Mexico State
759 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe Community College is a public institution. Santa Fe is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for SFCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508-4887
Phone: 505-428-1000
Website: https://www.sfcc.edu/

Santa Fe Community College Majors

44 Majors With Completions
214 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Santa Fe Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SFCC

67% Take At Least One Class Online
45% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 2,185 students took at least one online class at Santa Fe Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,115 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 2,185 1,467
2019-2020 3,115 2,795
2018-2019 1,360 582
2017-2018 1,491 658
2016-2017 1,653 704

Learn more about online learning at Santa Fe Community College.

Notes and References

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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