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Cabrillo College was awarded 71 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is human development & family studies.
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College Factual ranked Cabrillo College as #928 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Cabrillo College held the #1,300 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Cabrillo College is also ranked #118 out of 168 schools in California.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Cabrillo College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Cabrillo College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Cabrillo College is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Cabrillo College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,792 undergraduates at Cabrillo College with 3,201 being full-time and 6,591 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,823 | $11,412 | $13,406 | $16,070 | $18,875 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Cabrillo College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at Cabrillo College is 8.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Cabrillo College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003 |
| Phone: | 831-479-6100 |
| Website: | https://www.cabrillo.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 7,981 students took at least one online class at Cabrillo College. This is an increase from the 5,142 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,981 | 5,479 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,142 | 1,073 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,140 | 1,097 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,947 | 1,044 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,635 | 1,102 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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