Santa Fe Community College Overview
Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe Community College is a public institution. SFCC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.
What Is Santa Fe 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 SFCC.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 23% of the faculty were full-time.
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Santa Fe Community College Rankings
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.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SFCC.
Where Is Santa Fe Community College?

Contact details for SFCC are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 6401 Richards Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508-4887 |
Phone: | 505-428-1000 |
Website: | https://www.sfcc.edu |
How Do I Get Into SFCC?
You can apply to SFCC online at: https://sfccssb.sfcc.edu/PROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNew
Can I Afford Santa Fe 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 SFCC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,145 a year. That adds up to $16,580 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SFCC is 13.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
Santa Fe Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity
Of the 1,050 full-time undergraduates at SFCC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Santa Fe Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 18 |
Black or African American | 12 |
Hispanic or Latino | 602 |
White | 310 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 106 |
Over 15 countries are represented at SFCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Brazil, and Poland.
Online Learning at Santa Fe Community College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at SFCC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 19th most popular in New Mexico for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.
Online Growth Rankings of SFCC
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Santa Fe Community College was 3.7%. This is the #1,766 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SFCC regardless of major.
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SFCC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SFCC.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Horticulture | #4 | |
Food, Nutrition & Related Services | #14 | |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations | #43 | |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | #130 |
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%.
Santa Fe Community College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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