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Mission College Data & Information Overview

51 awards Ranking Badges
12% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Mission College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Mission College Ranked?

Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 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.

Mission College was awarded 51 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is practical nursing & nursing assistants.

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Overall Quality

Mission College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Mission College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Mission College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

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Mission College Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
51% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Mission 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.

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 Mission College is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  51 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Mission College

79% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Mission 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  79 out of 100
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Mission College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,565 Full-Time Undergraduates
80.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,504 undergraduates at Mission College with 1,565 being full-time and 4,939 being part-time.

How Much Does Mission College Cost?

$3,691 Net Price
The overall average net price of Mission College is $3,691. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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

The student loan default rate at Mission College is 12.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Mission College Graduates Make?

$44,083 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Mission College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $44,083 in their early years. This is good news for future Mission College graduates since it is 4% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Mission College

California State
1,565 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Mission College is a public institution located in Santa Clara, California. The location of Mission College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for Mission College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3000 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054-1897
Phone: 408-855-5007
Website: www.missioncollege.edu/

Mission College Majors

44 Majors With Completions
714 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Mission College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Mission College

93% Take At Least One Class Online
79% 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, 5,510 students took at least one online class at Mission College. This is an increase from the 5,340 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 5,510 4,640
2019-2020 5,340 3,271
2018-2019 2,711 1,125
2017-2018 2,739 1,113
2016-2017 2,465 1,171

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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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