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California State University - Channel Islands was awarded 58 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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CSUCI landed the #725 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
CSUCI also holds the #104 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
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With an acceptance rate of 93%, CSUCI has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio at California State University - Channel Islands is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 California State University - Channel Islands is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
California State University - Channel Islands has a freshmen retention rate of 82%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at CSUCI is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,947 undergraduates at CSUCI with 5,631 being full-time and 1,316 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,011 | $13,125 | $16,151 | $21,127 | $24,116 |
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 CSUCI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CSUCI, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,862 a year. That adds up to $19,448 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CSUCI is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for CSUCI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012 |
| Phone: | 805-437-8400 |
| Website: | www.csuci.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/CSUChannelIslands |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/csu_ci |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 356 | $28,914 |
| Business Administration & Management | 307 | $42,995 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 220 | $28,580 |
| Sociology | 187 | $34,615 |
| General Biology | 147 | $33,204 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 146 | $35,360 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 125 | $26,436 |
| Nursing | 99 | $91,801 |
| Other Education | 77 | $29,499 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 65 | $22,383 |
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, 5,684 students took at least one online class at California State University - Channel Islands. This is a decrease from the 7,416 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,684 | 1,245 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,416 | 7,247 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,713 | 227 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,672 | 71 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,033 | 34 |
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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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