Private for-profit · Community college

SANS Technology Institute

North Bethesda, Maryland · Small city

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SANS Technology Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in North Bethesda, Maryland (small city setting), enrolling 762 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 762 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersNear the coast

About North Bethesda, Maryland

North Bethesda is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just north-west of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It. North Bethesda shares a common history with most of its Montgomery County neighbors. These peoples traveled along an ancient route known as the Seneca Trail (which is today approximately followed in North Bethesda by Old Georgetown Road). The corporate headquarters of Lockheed Martin, Coventry Healthcare, Choice Hotels, JOOLA, and Total Wine & More are in North Bethesda, as well as the North American headquarters of Sodexo. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
10 miles

How SANS Technology Institute compares

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment762

Larger than 69%

Percentiles compare SANS Technology Institute 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 Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

1,944students
  • Undergraduate76239%
  • Graduate1,18261%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White53%
  • Black9.1%
  • Hispanic15%
  • Asian9.8%
  • Other or multiracial14%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
762
Graduate enrollment
1,182
Student–faculty ratio
5 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
0%
First-generation students
Students over 25
88%

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated
First-year retention
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Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$35

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 climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
27°F
Annual rain
41.3″
Annual snow
5.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
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Average precipitation (inches)

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NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rockville 1 NE, MD US station (4.6 mi from campus).

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.

Colleges near SANS Technology Institute

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.