by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
California Institute of Arts & Technology was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is engineering technologies.
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California Institute of Arts & Technology was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that California Institute of Arts & Technology has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, California Institute of Arts & Technology 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at California Institute of Arts & Technology is 17%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At California Institute of Arts & Technology this rate is 50%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at California Institute of Arts & Technology.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 332 full-time undergraduates at California Institute of Arts & Technology.
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 California Institute of Arts & Technology, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At California Institute of Arts & Technology, approximately 21% of students took out student loans averaging $6,876 a year. That adds up to $27,504 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at California Institute of Arts & Technology is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Get more details about the location of California Institute of Arts & Technology.
Contact details for California Institute of Arts & Technology are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2820 Camino Del Rio South Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92108-3822 |
| Phone: | 877-559-3621 |
| Website: | www.ciat.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 618 students took at least one online class at California Institute of Arts & Technology. This is an increase from the 332 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 618 | 618 |
| 2019-2020 | 332 | 332 |
| 2018-2019 | 73 | 56 |
| 2017-2018 | 80 | 80 |
| 2016-2017 | 77 | 77 |
Learn more about online learning at California Institute of Arts & Technology.
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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