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Truckee Meadows Community College was awarded 391 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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College Factual ranked Truckee Meadows Community College as #1,331 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 Truckee Meadows Community College held the #1,528 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 9 colleges in Nevada, Truckee Meadows Community College is ranked at #6.
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If you are worried about getting into Truckee Meadows 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Truckee Meadows Community College is 19 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Truckee Meadows Community College is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,249 undergraduates at Truckee Meadows Community College with 2,882 being full-time and 7,367 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,222 | $9,283 | $11,089 | $12,404 | $13,389 |
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 Truckee Meadows Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Truckee Meadows Community College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,307 a year. That adds up to $17,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Truckee Meadows Community College is 9.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Truckee Meadows Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno, NV 89512-3999 |
| Phone: | 775-673-7000 |
| Website: | www.tmcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Dental Support Services | 11 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 3 | NA |
| Homeland Security | 2 | NA |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 0 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 0 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 0 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 0 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 0 | NA |
| Management Information Systems | 0 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 5,780 students took at least one online class at Truckee Meadows Community College. This is a decrease from the 8,972 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,780 | 2,871 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,972 | 7,403 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,296 | 2,185 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,707 | 1,732 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,509 | 1,660 |
Learn more about online learning at Truckee Meadows 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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