Private nonprofit · Community college
Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, Missouri · Large city
- 9%
- Transfer rate
- $18,795
- Avg net price
- 53%
- Grad / completion
- $55,955
- Median earnings
Ranken Technical College is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Saint Louis, Missouri (large city setting), enrolling 1,780 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Saint Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Due to numerous major earthworks within St. Louis boundaries, the city was nicknamed "Mound City". These mounds were mostly demolished during the city's development. Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis was repatriated to the Osage Nation in 2025. The same year as the 1904 World's Fair, the Strassberger Music Conservatory Building was constructed at 2300 Grand. Otto Wilhelmi was the architect. In 1911, the conservatory had over 1,100 students. The building is presently in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large city
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 3 miles to St. Louis, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 255 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub
How Ranken Technical College compares
Higher than 40% · #52 of 70 in Missouri
Higher than 95%
Higher than 94% · #4 of 62 in Missouri
Cheaper than 37% · #45 cheapest of 68 in Missouri
Lower than 29%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 80%
Percentiles compare Ranken Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Missouri.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women975%
- Men1,68395%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White61%
- Black23%
- Hispanic3.9%
- Asian1.6%
- Other or multiracial10%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,780
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47%
- First-generation students
- 39%
- Students over 25
- 29%
- Median family income
- $31,000
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,026
- Endowment
- $82,039,327
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 721 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Missouri79%
- Other U.S. states21%
Most first-years stay in state — Ranken Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Missouri.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $18,008
- Room & board
- $8,550
- Books & supplies
- $2,500
- Total cost of attendance
- $29,450
- Average net price
- $18,795
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 53%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 15%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 9%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,342
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $55,955
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,000
- Students with federal loans
- 59%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 47%
About 38% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 188
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 11%
- Housing charge (year)
- $5,750
- Meal plan (year)
- $2,800
- Application fee
- $95
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- B
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 1.1 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 5
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 1
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (1,784 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$18,942/year × about 5.1 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 60% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,567. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 476 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $55,955
- Typical debt at graduation
- $12,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 21%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 70%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $18,682 (49%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 43.9″
- Annual snow
- 13.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (2 mi from campus).
What Ranken Technical College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.












