Herkimer County Community College Overview

Located in Herkimer, New York, Herkimer County Community College is a public institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Herkimer College.

What Is Herkimer County Community College Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Herkimer College.
• In <nil>, 45% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Herkimer County Community College?

Contact details for Herkimer College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Reservoir Rd, Herkimer, NY 13350-1598
Phone:	315-866-0300
Website:	www.herkimer.edu

How Do I Get Into Herkimer College?

You can apply to Herkimer College online at: https://www.herkimer.edu/admissions/apply/apply-now/

Since Herkimer County 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 Herkimer County Community College?

Student Loan Debt

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 Herkimer College, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $5,554 a year. That adds up to $22,216 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Herkimer College is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Herkimer County Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,024 undergraduate students at Herkimer College, with 1,132 being full-time and 892 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,132 full-time undergraduates at Herkimer College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Herkimer County Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	148
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	733
International Students	46
Other Races/Ethnicities	79

Over 23 countries are represented at Herkimer College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Herkimer County Community College

In 2020-2021, 906 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Herkimer College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 90th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Herkimer College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Herkimer County Community College was 30.8%. This is the #651 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Herkimer 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%.

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.