by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on South Seattle College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
South Seattle College was not ranked in College Factual’s Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The student to faculty ratio at South Seattle College is 33 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 South Seattle College is 97%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor’s degree in four years or less. This rate is 26% for first-time, full-time students at South Seattle College, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at South Seattle College.
During the most recent academic year, there were 1,495 undergraduates at South Seattle College.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at South Seattle College.
The typical net cost at South Seattle College is $16,772. 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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of South Seattle 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 South Seattle College, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $6,191 a year. That adds up to $24,764 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 0.0%. 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. Get more details about paying for South Seattle College.
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor’s degree recipients from South Seattle College make around $44,486 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate’s salary of $49,219 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.
See which majors at South Seattle College make the most money.
South Seattle College is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life. Get more details about the location of South Seattle College.
Get in touch with South Seattle College are listed below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6000 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98106-1499 |
| Phone: | 2069345300 |
| Website: | southseattle.edu |
In the latest year of available data, students from 12 majors graduated from South Seattle College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 759 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 340 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 202 | $35,232 |
| Precision Metal Working | 55 | NA |
| Business & Commerce | 40 | NA |
| Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians. | 34 | NA |
| Other Interdisciplinary Studies | 20 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 18 | NA |
| General Physical Sciences | 16 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 12 | 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.
1,566 students took at least one online class at South Seattle 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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.