Somerset Community College
Tel:
(877) 629-9722
- Somerset Community College, located in south-central Kentucky, is a comprehensive community and technical college with a mission to provide quality, affordable, and accessible educational and training opportunities that address the needs of its district. The college offers students educational experiences and associated services through traditional campus-based and distance learning modalities that promote intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning and encourage aesthetic awareness and social responsibility.
School Highlights
Somerset Community College serves 5,857 students (43% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 26:1 is higher than the state community college average of 25:1.
Minority enrollment is 8% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 23%.
Top Rankings
Somerset Community College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Kentucky for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- School Resources Percent of students receiving financial aid
- Community Size Largest student body
School Overview
The teacher population of 224 teachers has declined by 32% over five years.
| Somerset Community College | (KY) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: High Vocational & Technical-High Traditional | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 224 staff | 111 staff |
Source: 2019 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Somerset Community College has campuses in Somerset and London with centers in McCreary, Clinton, and Russell counties. Somerset Community College provides academic, general education, and technical curricula leading to certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees. It has a general academic curriculum of university-parallel courses and programs meeting requirements of the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. It also offers technical and occupational curricula and provides adult and continuing education. Associated services includes library services, cultural and enrichment opportunities, information technology resources, and appropriate student support services. At Somerset Community College, you will be a part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The community college enjoys full accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Somerset Community College is Bluegrass Community and Technical College (67.0 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 9,525 students | 67.00 Mi470 Cooper Drive
Lexington, KY 40506
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Lexington, KY 40509
(859) 253-0621 67.80299 - Midway UniversityPrivate not-for-profit1,668 students | 75.20 Mi512 E. Stephens St
Midway, KY 40347
(859) 846-4421 75.201,668 - Fortis Institute-CookevillePrivate for-profit214 students | 79.20 Mi1025 Highway 111
Cookeville, TN 38501
(931) 526-3660 79.20214 - 3,185 students | 80.30 MiOne Community College Drive
Hazard, KY 41701
(606) 487-3503 80.303,185
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