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Cypress College Data & Information Overview

331 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
9% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how Cypress College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Cypress College Ranked?

#396 Best Colleges in Nation
#68 Best Colleges in CA
Dental Support Services Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Cypress College was awarded 331 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is dental support services.

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Overall Quality

Cypress College landed the #396 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Cypress College held the #898 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Cypress College is also ranked #68 out of 168 schools in California.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Cypress College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Cypress College 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.

Learn more about Cypress College admissions.

Cypress College Faculty

22 to 1 Student to Faculty
40% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Cypress College, this rate is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Cypress College is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  40 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Cypress College

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Cypress College.

Cypress College Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,268 Full-Time Undergraduates
83.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,325 undergraduates at Cypress College with 5,268 being full-time and 10,057 being part-time.

How Much Does Cypress College Cost?

$6,152 Net Price
1% Take Out Loans
$24,700 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Cypress College is $6,152. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Cypress College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$5,302 $6,093 $8,422 $10,156 $10,339

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 Cypress College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Cypress College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $6,175 a year. That adds up to $24,700 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cypress College is 8.5%. 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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How Much Money Do Cypress College Graduates Make?

$41,625 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Cypress College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $41,625 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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See which majors at Cypress College make the most money.

Location of Cypress College

California State
5,268 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Cypress College is a public institution situated in Cypress, California. Cypress is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Cypress College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 9200 Valley View, Cypress, CA 90630-5897
Phone: 714-484-7000
Website: www.cypresscollege.edu/

Cypress College Majors

56 Majors With Completions
1,877 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Funeral & Mortuary Science 8 NA
General Biology 0 NA
Business Administration & Management 0 NA
Business Support & Assistant Services 0 NA
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 NA
General Business/Commerce 0 NA
Hospitality Management 0 NA
General Sales & Marketing 0 NA
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 NA
Communication & Media Studies 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Cypress College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Cypress College

50% Take At Least One Class Online
15% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 6,737 students took at least one online class at Cypress College. This is an increase from the 5,883 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 6,737 1,992
2019-2020 5,883 1,452
2018-2019 4,797 1,315
2017-2018 3,999 1,155
2016-2017 4,796 1,535

Learn more about online learning at Cypress College.

Notes and References

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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