Jefferson College Overview

Jefferson College is a public institution situated in Hillsboro, Missouri. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Jefferson College Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at JeffCo is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at JeffCo.
• For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Jefferson College?

Contact details for JeffCo are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Viking Drive, Hillsboro, MO 63050-2440
Phone:	636-797-3000
Website:	www.jeffco.edu

How Do I Get Into JeffCo?

You can apply to JeffCo online at: www.jeffco.edu/Getting-Started

Jefferson College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Jefferson 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 JeffCo, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $4,202 a year. That adds up to $16,808 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at JeffCo is 2.8%. 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.

Jefferson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,680 undergraduate students at JeffCo, with 1,698 being full-time and 1,982 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,698 full-time undergraduates at JeffCo, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Jefferson College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	1,516
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	49

Over 15 countries are represented at JeffCo. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Bolivia, Brazil, and Canada.

Online Learning at Jefferson College

In 2020-2021, 2,065 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of JeffCo

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Jefferson College was 12.1%. This is the #1,320 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at JeffCo 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.