by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 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.
Laurus College was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medical insurance specialist/medical biller.
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Laurus College is ranked #2,198 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 Laurus College held the #2,206 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Laurus College is also ranked #166 out of 168 schools in California.
If you are worried about getting into Laurus College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Laurus College 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.
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 Laurus College is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Laurus College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 897 undergraduates at Laurus College with 129 being full-time and 768 being part-time.
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 Laurus College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Laurus College, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $7,172 a year. That adds up to $28,688 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Laurus College is 20.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Laurus College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 81 Higuera St Ste 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 |
| Phone: | 805-267-1690 |
| Website: | www.lauruscollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 10 | NA |
| Information Technology | 8 | NA |
| Graphic Communications | 5 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 2 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 0 | NA |
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, 734 students took at least one online class at Laurus College. This is a decrease from the 897 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 734 | 327 |
| 2019-2020 | 897 | 359 |
| 2018-2019 | 637 | 316 |
| 2017-2018 | 344 | 344 |
| 2016-2017 | 573 | 573 |
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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