St Cloud Technical and Community College Computer Science Programs

Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public institution. Saint Cloud is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

St Cloud Technical and Community College Rankings

St Cloud Technical and Community College landed the #94 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 758 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. St Cloud Technical and Community College also holds the #7 spot on the Best Colleges in Minnesota ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

St Cloud Technical and Community College has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#32	Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at St Cloud Technical and Community College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Best Value Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Most Popular Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards St Cloud Technical and Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#11	Highest Paid General Computer Programming Graduates	College Factual
#16	Highest Paid Computer Programming Graduates	College Factual
#68	Highest Paid Computer & Information Sciences Graduates	College Factual
#83	Best Value Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences	College Factual
#249	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is St Cloud Technical and Community College?

Contact details for St Cloud Technical and Community College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1540 Northway Drive, Saint Cloud, MN 56303-1240
Phone:	320-308-5000
Website:	www.sctcc.edu

How Do I Get Into St Cloud Technical and Community College?

You can apply to St Cloud Technical and Community College online at: www.sctcc.edu/application

Since St Cloud Technical and Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford St Cloud Technical and Community College?

Student Loan Debt

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 St Cloud Technical and Community College, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $5,215 a year. That adds up to $20,860 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St Cloud Technical and Community College is 8.3%. 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.

St Cloud Technical and Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,931 undergraduate students at St Cloud Technical and Community College, with 1,860 being full-time and 2,071 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,860 full-time undergraduates at St Cloud Technical and Community College, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of St Cloud Technical and Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	35
Black or African American	197
Hispanic or Latino	100
White	1,435
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	85

Over 8 countries are represented at St Cloud Technical and Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Burkina Faso, Canada, and Colombia.

Online Learning at St Cloud Technical and Community College

In 2019-2020, 2,966 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at St Cloud Technical and Community College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of St Cloud Technical and Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St Cloud Technical and Community College was 73.2%. This is the #394 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at St Cloud Technical and Community College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

St Cloud Technical and Community College Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Computer Programming	25	0	25
Network & System Administration/Administrator	9	0	9
Computer & IS Security	5	0	5
Computer Support Specialist	0	2	2
TOTAL	39	2	41

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.