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City College of San Francisco was awarded 84 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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College Factual ranked City College of San Francisco as #750 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 City College of San Francisco held the #1,319 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
City College of San Francisco is also ranked #106 out of 168 schools in California.
City College of San Francisco has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At City College of San Francisco, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 City College of San Francisco is 49%. 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 City College of San Francisco is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,707 undergraduates at City College of San Francisco with 6,737 being full-time and 12,970 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,577 | $6,118 | $9,427 | $10,597 | $13,511 |
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 City College of San Francisco, 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 City College of San Francisco, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $7,027 a year. That adds up to $28,108 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at City College of San Francisco is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for City College of San Francisco are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 50 Frida Kahlo Drive, San Francisco, CA 94112-1898 |
| Phone: | 415-239-3000 |
| Website: | www.ccsf.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, 7,714 students took at least one online class at City College of San Francisco. This is an increase from the 6,833 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,714 | 2,277 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,833 | 1,958 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,012 | 2,452 |
| 2017-2018 | 5,806 | 2,062 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,551 | 1,616 |
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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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