Somerset Community College Overview

Somerset Community College is a public institution situated in Somerset, Kentucky. Somerset is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Somerset Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at SCC is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at SCC.
• In <nil>, 96% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Somerset Community College?

Contact details for SCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	808 Monticello Street, Somerset, KY 42501-2973
Phone:	877-629-9722
Website:	somerset.kctcs.edu

How Do I Get Into SCC?

You can apply to SCC online at: https://students.kctcs.edu/psc/stdsaprd/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/COMMUNITY_ACCESS.K_OLA_LANDING_FL.GBL?&Campus=SMC

Somerset Community 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 Somerset 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 SCC, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $4,428 a year. That adds up to $17,712 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SCC is 3.7%. 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.

Somerset Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,014 undergraduate students at SCC, with 1,890 being full-time and 3,124 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,890 full-time undergraduates at SCC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	1,762
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

Over 6 countries are represented at SCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Thailand, and Canada.

Online Learning at Somerset Community College

In 2020-2021, 3,269 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 9th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Somerset Community College was 3.8%. This is the #1,584 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SCC 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.