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.
Tompkins Cortland Community College was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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Tompkins Cortland is ranked #963 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 Tompkins Cortland held the #2,018 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Tompkins Cortland is also ranked #87 out of 136 schools in New York.
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Tompkins Cortland Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Tompkins Cortland it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Tompkins Cortland Community College is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 48% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Tompkins Cortland Community College. 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 4,764 undergraduates at Tompkins Cortland with 1,203 being full-time and 3,561 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,828 | $9,013 | $12,757 | $14,543 | $15,889 |
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 Tompkins Cortland, 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 Tompkins Cortland, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,413 a year. That adds up to $21,652 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Tompkins Cortland are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 170 North St, Dryden, NY 13053-0139 |
| Phone: | 607-844-8211 |
| Website: | www.tompkinscortland.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 154 | NA |
| Nursing | 73 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 33 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 21 | NA |
| International Business | 16 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 15 | NA |
| Human Services | 13 | NA |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 12 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 12 | NA |
| Accounting | 8 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,062 students took at least one online class at Tompkins Cortland Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,426 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,062 | 424 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,426 | 573 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,601 | 779 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,014 | 349 |
Learn more about online learning at Tompkins Cortland 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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