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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, TCL is ranked #1,868 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
Out of the 44 colleges in South Carolina, TCL is ranked at #37.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Technical College of the Lowcountry 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.
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 Technical College of the Lowcountry, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Technical College of the Lowcountry is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 42% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Technical College of the Lowcountry. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,119 undergraduates at TCL with 532 being full-time and 1,587 being part-time.
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 TCL, 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 TCL, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $6,400 a year. That adds up to $25,600 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at TCL is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for TCL are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 921 Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29901-1288 |
| Phone: | 800-768-8252 |
| Website: | www.tcl.edu/ |
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, 1,469 students took at least one online class at Technical College of the Lowcountry. This is a decrease from the 1,998 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,469 | 833 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,998 | 1,759 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,286 | 474 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,194 | 480 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,166 | 390 |
Learn more about online learning at Technical College of the Lowcountry.
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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