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College Factual ranked VSCC as #1,366 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when VSCC held the #1,881 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 41 colleges in Tennessee, VSCC is ranked at #23.
See all of the rankings for Volunteer State Community College.
If you are worried about getting into Volunteer State 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.
At Volunteer State Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 24 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 Volunteer State Community College is 45%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at Volunteer State Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,832 undergraduates at VSCC with 4,296 being full-time and 4,536 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,808 | $7,446 | $8,585 | $9,108 | $11,608 |
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 VSCC, 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 VSCC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $3,424 a year. That adds up to $13,696 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for VSCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1480 Nashville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066-3188 |
| Phone: | 615-452-8600 |
| Website: | www.volstate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 741 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 268 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 98 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 83 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 68 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 45 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 42 | NA |
| Nursing | 38 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 33 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 30 | 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, 4,732 students took at least one online class at Volunteer State Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,344 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,732 | 2,805 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,344 | 3,333 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,666 | 7,808 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,074 | 2,021 |
Learn more about online learning at Volunteer State 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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