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College of the Canyons was awarded 426 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping.
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College of the Canyons is ranked #593 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when College of the Canyons held the #807 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
College of the Canyons is also ranked #89 out of 168 schools in California.
College of the Canyons 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.
The student to faculty ratio at College of the Canyons is 23 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.
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 College of the Canyons is 29%. This is lower than 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 College of the Canyons is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 20,573 undergraduates at College of the Canyons with 6,078 being full-time and 14,495 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,300 | $4,747 | $7,307 | $8,168 | $11,360 |
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 College of the Canyons, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at College of the Canyons is 8.4%. 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 College of the Canyons are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 26455 Rockwell Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA 91355-1899 |
| Phone: | 661-259-7800 |
| Website: | www.canyons.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, 10,663 students took at least one online class at College of the Canyons. This is a decrease from the 11,236 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 10,663 | 4,553 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,236 | 4,201 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,743 | 2,378 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,084 | 2,227 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,345 | 1,878 |
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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