Founded in 1967, Hocking College. is a college. Located in Ohio, which is a city setting in Ohio, the campus itself is Town. The campus is home to 2,940 full time undergraduate students, and 0 full time graduate students.
The Hocking College Academic calendar runs on a Semester basis. In the school year the student to faculty ratio was 21:1. There are 84 full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at Hocking College include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.
Quick Facts
Acceptance Rate
100%
Application Deadline
Application Fee
0
SAT Range
ACT Range
Admissions at are considered , with ,6% of all applicants being admitted.
In the school year, of the students who applied to the school, only of those who were admitted eventually ended up enrolling.
0% of incoming freshmen are in the top half of their high school class. 0% were in the top quarter, and 0% were in the top tenth. You can apply online.
STUDENT LIFE Reviews
We asked, and students answered these important questions about student life at Hocking College.
13%
“We”re apathetic”
53%
“We know about current events and vote”
33%
“We participate and encourage others to get involved”
0%
“There”s nothing we won”t protest”
13%
“We save it for the classroom”
27%
“Sometimes, but not often”
33%
“There”s usually intelligent conversation to be found”
27%
“All the time, including weekends”
0%
“I”m always terrified”
20%
“I only go out in groups”
33%
“I usually let someone know where I”m going”
47%
“I feel extremely safe”
44%
“We don”t play sports”
0%
“We play recreationally”
44%
“We bought the gear”
13%
“We live for the big game”
13%
“It”s not really our thing”
20%
“Occasinally we gallery crawl”
47%
“There are a variety of opportunities”
20%
“We”re a very artistic group”
0%
“Haven”t met them”
20%
“Available in class”
20%
“They keep regular office hours”
60%
“They”re always available”
67%
“No greek life, but other groups to join”
27%
“There is some involvement, but not a lot”
7%
“Plenty of people join a sorority or fraternity”
0%
“It”s everything. If you”re not greek, you”re a geek”
13%
“We”re not into drinking at all”
53%
“Maybe a little, but it”s not a big thing”
13%
“We only party on weekends”
20%
“There”s some drinking happening every night”
7%
“Never, we”re here to learn”
53%
“There might be people who do”
27%
“People are known to partake on weekends”
13%
“There”s a huge drug scene”
13%
“We”re apathetic”
53%
“We know about current events and vote”
33%
“We participate and encourage others to get involved”
0%
“There”s nothing we won”t protest”
13%
“We save it for the classroom”
27%
“Sometimes, but not often”
33%
“There”s usually intelligent conversation to be found”
27%
“All the time, including weekends”
0%
“I”m always terrified”
20%
“I only go out in groups”
33%
“I usually let someone know where I”m going”
47%
“I feel extremely safe”
44%
“We don”t play sports”
0%
“We play recreationally”
44%
“We bought the gear”
13%
“We live for the big game”
13%
“It”s not really our thing”
20%
“Occasinally we gallery crawl”
47%
“There are a variety of opportunities”
20%
“We”re a very artistic group”
0%
“Haven”t met them”
20%
“Available in class”
20%
“They keep regular office hours”
60%
“They”re always available”
67%
“No greek life, but other groups to join”
27%
“There is some involvement, but not a lot”
7%
“Plenty of people join a sorority or fraternity”
0%
“It”s everything. If you”re not greek, you”re a geek”
15 Students rated on-campus housing 3.5 stars. 27 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate off-campus housing?
8 Students rated off-campus housing 3.8 stars. 0 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate campus food?
15 Students rated campus food 2.9 stars. 7 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate campus facilities?
15 Students rated campus facilities 3.3 stars. 27 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate class size?
15 Students rated class size 4 stars. 40 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate school activities?
15 Students rated school activities 3.6 stars. 40 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate local services?
15 Students rated local services 2.9 stars. 27 % gave the school a 5.0.
How would you rate academics?
15 Students rated academics 3.5 stars. 40 % gave the school a 5.0.
Hocking College REVIEWS
What's your overall opinion of Hocking College?
14 Students rated Hocking College
Liliana
10/15/2019
I love how hands-on it is! The classes are usually pretty small, only about twenty students, so we get a very intimate classroom experience, which is also great. Many of our classes also take place partially or completely in the field, where we can actually see and interact with what we're learning about. At least, that's how it is in the Natural Resources department. I'm not sure what the other fields of study Hocking has are like.
Audrey
05/20/2019
I love Hocking College. The campus and class size are great for the area. They’re always making improvements to better the students and campus life. It’s easy to get in contact with someone that you need and they can easily answer your questions that you have.
ALAIN
05/08/2019
hocking college is the best place to concentrate and study. there is not too much distraction and most of the time the environment on campus prone study. However, there is not enough quiet place in the library to concentrate, there are few quiet box space to study. Security campus is always there for us and ensures that we stay out of trouble.
Katelynne
04/09/2019
There are many good things about Hocking, but there could be so many more positive things done at this school. I feel like everything is halfway done, and done with minimal effort by majority of the staff. There are amazing people that work here, but there are also professors who do the minimum of what is expected.
tyler
03/26/2019
This place does not care about you flat out. This is my second semester here and I have had a below content experience. It is extremly obvious the college is going under because staff is being fired constantly and part time teachers are being hired. The part time teachers do not care most of the time and just give you A's and B's for completing your work. The food here is absolutely atrocious and sometimes I can barely stomach it and end up eating nothing that day. (The dining hall also closes at 4pm on weekends so good luck eating on weekends if you stay on campus. The worst part about this place is the fact that I feel as if they are just trying to take my money and they do not care about my well being or education at all. If you have no other choice but to go here I recommend commuting so you can save yourself from giving them an extra 12,000 dollars for horrible food, and a bad experience. The only good thing about this place is some of the people are cool if you can put up with getting to know all the gang bangers that roam the hall constantly just failing classes and leaving the next semester. This college in all honesty is horrible and I regret leaving Columbus State and I hope Betty White (the President) loses her job so someone that actually cares about students can be in charge.
Nicholett
05/14/2018
Hocking College started off great in 2013 when I first attended. When we got a new president, things started to change and the environment changed. More drugs were brought in, food prices went up, people were stealing, we had to put cameras everywhere because the stealing became such a problem. Fights became an issue, on campus and around campus. And the professors with the higher education were fired to make room for professors that could fit in the budget, so the curriculum changed. I was there for three years, and it started of amazing and I would have recommended anyone to go there, but by the time it came to graduation, I don't think I'd recommend anyone to go there. I didn't feel safe, I was cat-called if I wore skirts, and the campus police and safety wasn't much of a help either. No one took them seriously, they wore bright yellow shirts and were nicknamed "the bananas". You can't be taken seriously with that kind of a nickname. They often targeted people they didn't like or know who got drunk, and didn't care about the rest. Even sexual harassment wasn't taken seriously, especially if it happened to a male. I had a roommate who worked campus security, he'd tell me horror stories all the time about what they would let slide and what they wouldn't. He tried to take his job seriously, so he got made fun of for "being too serious" all the time.
Despite all that, I made amazing friends, and I had an amazing professor for my Addiction Counseling program. I interned as a counselor for a year and learned alot about addictions and about people with them, and how they're really just humans and my attitude towards them was condescending and needed to change. And I grew a love for psychology and neuroscience.
I would go cave diving in the mountains by the college at night time with my friend, it was so awesome! It was the first time I had seen pitch black, with no hint of light. There were collapsed mines where we were, so it was tall enough so we could stand in some parts, and then to get to certain areas we would have to crawl. We would sit and look at the water that had flooded the underground area, and just talk about everything going on in our life. It turned out to be very therapeutic and made for an amazing friendship that I have still to this day.
Overall, the college quality wasn't very nice, but the experiences that I gained from going are some that I'll never forget.
Margaret
04/28/2018
Love the NR programs here. I have graduated from Wildlife Management and I am obtaining another degree in Natural and Historical Interpretation. Most of the teachers are teaching you to be a professional in the field and will treat you as an adult. They are always there to help when they can and will challenge you intellectually.
Clay
04/06/2018
The School is awful. No one is organized. No teacher cares enough to provide help or they're just not qualified. The upper-level management just cares about money. They have an impossible attendance policy. The whole staff is extremely unprofessional. I highly recommend a different community college. Half my class has dropped out because of the poor education provided. Complete waste of money.
Imani
01/09/2018
There is no Greek life at all just clubs but there are barely any of those. There is not much to do on campus. We have 5 different dorms you can live in. The Cafe is Very costly and they don't serve very good food but my favorite day is Chinese. We have a student center also with a pool two gyms, work out areas and a track.
Chelsea
09/25/2017
This college may be affordable and promises safety on campus, but the school is actually unsafe in my opinion due to a lot of sexual harassment, fights, and drugs that occur almost on a daily basis. Most of the faculty are not there to help you (with very few exceptions), and more interested in the money. Some teachers have quit in the past due to the fact the students aren't being treated well and their needs aren't being met. I would advise not to go to this school because some of the programs are getting worse and the current President is only putting money into things that make more money and don't know what to do with it. Also, the water makes you sick. There was recently a boil order.
James
08/27/2017
Hocking College is a great school that is victim of a horrible college president. President Betty Young has been president of the college for just over two years now. She has done very little to improve student life, let alone academic options. Several programs have been either stripped, or cut down to the bare minimum requirements to still be an applicable college major. This is specifically about a the Equine programs that the school offers. However, this also applies to the Art Design and Marketing program. The program was stripped down to the bare minimum so that the current class could graduate. Then the program will be cut. Also, there are no cameras in the school parking lots. You have to pay for a parking pass, and get no secure peace of mind. Third, within the last three years, the school managed to acquire funding for a football team. The idea may look good on paper, but Hocking has managed to bring the worst crowds of students to their campus using the football team. Ever since their arrival, we've been victim to sexual harassment and assault, increased drug and alcohol activity, and increased filth within the residence halls. This is not because of the demographic. This is because the players have a lack of respect for the campus staff and fellow students. They refuse to exercise personal hygiene for the most part. Fourth, the Hocking College Meal Plan is severely overpriced. You pay more than it's worth for the amount of food you can get. Fifth, the college seems to act like they have to pull teeth to help a student in financial need.
On the plus side, the Residence Hall staff, Cafeteria staff, and Campus Safety staff are very friendly. They do what they can to make sure the student comes first. Professors very good about replying to students as soon as they can. Classes are very hands on, rather than large capacity lectures as seen on movies and TV shows. It has a very home-y atmosphere if you can get past the townsfolk of Nelsonville.
Pros:
Nice Staff
Laid Back Atmosphere
Hands On
Professional and Caring Instructors
Cons:
Football Team
College President cutting programs
Expensive Meal Plan
No Parking Lot Security
Almost refuses to help students in financial need.
Andrea
07/31/2017
My overall opinion of Hocking College is that it is a great school and academically a good choice for students who want a small campus experience. I love that it is located in the country, there are woods and hiking right behind the dorms. The great outdoors experience here is the best! My teachers are all about me and their students, they care about us and want us to succeed. I'm so glad i chose this school.
Cassidy
07/20/2017
Hocking college is a very small social college, where everyone knows everyone. Which makes making friends easy and fun. Staff is always available for students at time of the day. Class sizes are small which I love, gives you the perfect one on one time with your teacher easy. I couldn't imagine going to any other school!
Madison
12/12/2016
I thought the school was very pretty. I like the fact that it's only two years so I am not stuck there forever. My favorite part was the rooms. I didn't like the fact that they have Landry you have to pay to do. Overall I really have nothing bad to say about the school
The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Hocking College is 100%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020, _____ students were offered admission.
What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a senior in high school, the advice I would give myself would be to apply for more scholarships. While I recognized the importance of scholarships, I feel like I did not have the resources or the tools to utilize scholarship opportunities that were available. I also would advise myself to try harder to find a job before graduating, to help with the initial expenses upon entering college.
At Hocking College, the hands-on, student-centered teaching techniques give students the knowledge and confidence to lead a successful career after graduating, as well as the tools necessary for further education.
Hocking is a good school for students just starting out of high school or returning students. This school helps ease you into what college is. From the two new dormatories to the brand new bike path that goes from Athens to Nelsonville, soon to be longer. Hocking has a little bit of every thing for the new and returning student.
I think it is a perfect fit for me. It does have a very specific focus. It is an unconventional institution. Its main focus is Natural Resources. It is very hands on and interactive. If you are drawn to the outdoors, public safety or the culinary arts I highly recommend Hocking
What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
The importance of diversity and a well rounded education, before college, during and after. People change as they grow older and mature.
It is completely impossible to dictate where life will lead or where interests will lead in the coming years. Knowledge that you now find irrelevent or even boring, could in the future be vital to your understanding at some point in your education. Gettin a background of all conceivable basics now is a small step up when confronted with new content and challenges. Be a sponge, not a brick dropping into only what interests you at the time.
What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The worst thing about my school is that it is mostly a commuter school so I have to drive to school everyday instead of just being able to walk from the dorms or from a house close to campus. Another reason this is the worst thing is because it is always so hard to find a parking spot and you have to plan to go to class at least 20 minutes early to give yourself enough time to find a spot to park.
What kind of person should not attend this school?
The type of person who shouldn't attend Hocking College would be someone looking for the traditional, book based college expierience. Hocking college offers a very unique college expierience filled with hands on learning, real world job situations and activities out in the field. People looking for a traditional classroom setting and primarily booked based learning should not attend Hocking College because it really doesn't fit into that learning style those individuals may seek.
What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
I just took one semester ESL ( English as Second Language) classes at my school before i can start taking academic classes in spring 2014. Thus, the most frustrating thing about my school is that our ESL teachers would let students to take tests after the day they were supposed to take the test even if they don't have any justification for being absent. That really frustrated me because when i was in OPIE ( Ohio Program for Intensive English) at Athens campus, teachers never let students take test after the test day. for me it makes students irresponsible
Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Hocking was ranked number one in the nation for students who passed the nursing exam on the first try. They offer the best instruction at an affordable rate. A small campus in a little community that has affordable on campus and off campus housing.
Hands on. I have made trips outside in just about every one of my classes. We are out in the woods and looking at, feeling, smelling and investigating the trees, animals and general lay of the land. That of course is but one major. There is Equestrian, public safety, fire fighting, EMT, Culinary, Hospitality and Nursing programs. The main focus is in the Natural Resource Department. Its fun to go to class. Also there is a Canada Trip that I will hopefully partake in.
What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
I tell them mostly that their bookstore is awesome with their prices because their lower then the other college I went to and their books were more expensive. Plus that their weights are awesome to work with.
All students must apply yearly for financial aid. This process starts with the FAFSA.
Though financial aid deadlines vary by school, it is a good idea to apply as soon as possible. For the upcoming school year, you can apply as early as October 1 for the FAFSA. Additional school aid will be dependent on the FAFSA results.
83% of students attending Hocking College receive some sort of financial aid.
59% were awarded federal grants.70%received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.