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College Factual ranked Southern as #2,134 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 Southern held the #2,149 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 28 colleges in West Virginia, Southern is ranked at #24.
See all of the rankings for Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.
If you are worried about getting into Southern West Virginia Community and Technical 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 is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is 70%. This is higher 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 Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College this rate is 51%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,474 undergraduates at Southern with 1,040 being full-time and 434 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,652 | $4,557 | $6,702 | $9,242 | $9,608 |
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 Southern, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Southern, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,579 a year. That adds up to $18,316 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Southern is 26.8%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Get more details about the location of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.
Contact details for Southern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Dempsey Branch Road, Mount Gay, WV 25637 |
| Phone: | 304-896-7098 |
| Website: | https://www.southernwv.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,103 students took at least one online class at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,006 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,103 | 403 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,006 | 283 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,075 | 235 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,152 | 253 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,121 | 222 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical 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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