Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake Community College at a Glance
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About Salt Lake Community College
According to Wikipedia, Salt Lake Community College is a public community college in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is the state's largest two-year college with the most diverse student body. It serves more than 60,000 students on 10 campuses as well as through online classes. The college has a student to faculty ratio of 20:1. Since SLCC is a community college, it focuses on providing associate degrees that students can transfer to any other four-year university in the state to satisfy their first two years of requirements for a bachelor's degree. SLCC has open enrollment and serves the local community, with approximately 95% of the student body considered Utah residents.
Salt Lake Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 57% | 28% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Salt Lake Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $4,543 |
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $5,393 |
| 30K - 48K | $2,797 |
| 48K - 75K | $5,768 |
| 75K - 110K | $9,357 |
| 110K+ | $12,338 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Salt Lake Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Salt Lake Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $52,441 a year, and 86% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Salt Lake Community College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 36,898 | 36,898 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Salt Lake Community College?
Salt Lake Community College is located at 4600 S Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84123.
How Safe is Salt Lake Community College?
Like every college that receives federal student aid, Salt Lake Community College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Salt Lake Community College has a violent crime rate of 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.02%. Salt Lake City has a violent crime rate of 0.88% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 5.26%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Salt Lake Community College Known For?
Salt Lake Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
- Nursing
- Earth Sciences
- Business
- Criminal Justice
- Engineering
- Political Science
- History
- Biology
- Sociology
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Communications
- Education
- Economics
- Anthropology
- Medical
- Physics
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Psychology
Salt Lake Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Salt Lake Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Salt Lake Community College ranks #716 in the U.S. and #1871 worldwide for influence in Nursing.
nursing DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #746 in the U.S. and #2856 worldwide for influence in Earth Sciences.
earth-science DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #818 in the U.S. and #3115 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #823 in the U.S. and #1553 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #941 in the U.S. and #5112 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
engineering DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1021 in the U.S. and #4405 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
political-science DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1022 in the U.S. and #3197 worldwide for influence in History.
history DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1076 in the U.S. and #4476 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1130 in the U.S. and #3773 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
sociology DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1145 in the U.S. and #4424 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
math DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1220 in the U.S. and #5038 worldwide for influence in Chemistry.
chemistry DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1244 in the U.S. and #5312 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1296 in the U.S. and #4894 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1314 in the U.S. and #5400 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1395 in the U.S. and #6796 worldwide for influence in Economics.
economics DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1442 in the U.S. and #4208 worldwide for influence in Anthropology.
anthropology DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1626 in the U.S. and #5605 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1708 in the U.S. and #6205 worldwide for influence in Physics.
physics DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #1735 in the U.S. and #5348 worldwide for influence in Literature.
literature DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #2000 in the U.S. and #6758 worldwide for influence in Philosophy.
philosophy DegreesSalt Lake Community College ranks #2451 in the U.S. and #6587 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology Degrees