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Tompkins Cortland Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is substance abuse/addiction counseling.
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Tompkins Cortland is ranked #2,018 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Tompkins Cortland also holds the #128 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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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 at Tompkins Cortland is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 97%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,081 | $10,047 | $13,541 | $15,406 | $16,588 |
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 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,666 a year. That adds up to $26,664 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Tompkins Cortland is 16.6%. 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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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/ |
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, 1,426 students took at least one online class at Tompkins Cortland Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,601 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,426 | 573 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,601 | 779 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,002 | 370 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,014 | 349 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,201 | 343 |
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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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