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Tidewater Community College Data & Information Overview

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How Well Is Tidewater Community College Ranked?

#1,185 Best Colleges in Nation
#32 Best Colleges in VA
Business, Management & Marketing Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Tidewater Community College was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.

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Overall Quality

Tidewater Community College is ranked #1,185 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Tidewater Community College held the #1,488 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Tidewater Community College also holds the #32 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Tidewater Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

If you are worried about getting into Tidewater Community 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.

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Tidewater Community College Faculty

20 to 1 Student to Faculty
33% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Tidewater Community College is 20 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Tidewater Community College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  33 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Tidewater Community College

61% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Tidewater Community College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  61 out of 100
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Tidewater Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,806 Full-Time Undergraduates
49.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,769 undergraduates at Tidewater Community College with 5,806 being full-time and 10,963 being part-time.

How Much Does Tidewater Community College Cost?

$8,579 Net Price
11% Take Out Loans
$19,404 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Tidewater Community College is $8,579. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Tidewater Community College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$7,212 $8,300 $10,276 $11,608 $14,045

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 Tidewater Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Tidewater Community College, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,851 a year. That adds up to $19,404 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Tidewater Community College Graduates Make?

$38,349 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Tidewater Community College make around $38,349 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.

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Location of Tidewater Community College

Virginia State
5,806 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Tidewater Community College is a public institution situated in Norfolk, Virginia. The city atmosphere of Norfolk makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for Tidewater Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 121 College Place, Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-822-1111
Website: www.tcc.edu/

Tidewater Community College Majors

51 Majors With Completions
7,022 Undergraduate Degrees
7,022 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 51 majors graduated from Tidewater Community College. Of these students, 7,022 received undergraduate degrees and 7,022 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 675 NA
Business Administration & Management 285 NA
General Social Sciences 272 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 246 NA
Biological & Physical Science 181 NA
Human Development & Family Studies 161 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 158 NA
Mechanical Engineering Technology 133 NA
Allied Health Professions 128 NA
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 90 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Tidewater Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Tidewater Community College

71% Take At Least One Class Online
40% Take All Classes Online

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 2022-2023, 11,455 students took at least one online class at Tidewater Community College. This is a decrease from the 13,738 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 11,455 6,406
2021-2022 13,738 9,840
2020-2021 16,067 14,188
2018-2019 9,191 3,733

Learn more about online learning at Tidewater Community College.

Notes and References

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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