by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
Southeastern Community College was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Southeastern Community College landed the #795 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 Southeastern Community College held the #1,690 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Southeastern Community College is also ranked #13 out of 37 schools in Iowa.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Southeastern Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
At Southeastern Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 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.
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 Southeastern Community College is 100%. 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 Southeastern Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,260 undergraduates at Southeastern Community College with 1,099 being full-time and 1,161 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,170 | $9,077 | $11,129 | $14,089 | $15,092 |
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 Southeastern 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 Southeastern Community College, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $4,291 a year. That adds up to $17,164 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southeastern Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 West Agency Road, West Burlington, IA 52655-0180 |
| Phone: | 319-752-2731 |
| Website: | www.scciowa.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 217 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 140 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 75 | NA |
| Nursing | 50 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 47 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 42 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 35 | NA |
| Agricultural Production | 32 | NA |
| Accounting | 24 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 17 | 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, 1,544 students took at least one online class at Southeastern Community College. This is an increase from the 1,280 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,544 | 856 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,280 | 695 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,118 | 428 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,131 | 621 |
Learn more about online learning at Southeastern 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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