by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Temple College was awarded 124 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Temple College as #1,686 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 Temple College held the #1,950 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Temple College is also ranked #88 out of 115 schools in Texas.
Since Temple 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Temple College is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Temple College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Temple College has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,940 undergraduates at Temple College with 1,877 being full-time and 3,063 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 Temple College, 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 Temple College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $4,758 a year. That adds up to $19,032 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Temple College is 12.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Temple College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2600 S 1St St, Temple, TX 76504-7435 |
| Phone: | 254-298-8282 |
| Website: | www.templejc.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, 2,820 students took at least one online class at Temple College. This is a decrease from the 4,351 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,820 | 1,412 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,351 | 3,104 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,263 | 979 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,993 | 821 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,769 | 812 |
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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