by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Mt. San Antonio College was awarded 698 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is parks, recreation and leisure facilities management.
College Factual ranked Mt. SAC as #741 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 170 colleges in California, Mt. SAC is ranked at #93.
See all of the rankings for Mt. San Antonio College.
Mt. San Antonio College 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.
Learn more about Mt. San Antonio College admissions.
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 Mt. San Antonio College, this rate is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mt. San Antonio College is 43%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Mt. San Antonio College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Mt. San Antonio College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 28,393 undergraduates at Mt. SAC with 9,878 being full-time and 18,515 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,412 | $3,035 | $5,768 | $7,351 | $10,827 |
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 Mt. SAC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mt. SAC, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,800 a year. That adds up to $19,200 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mt. SAC is 7.9%. 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 Mt. SAC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1100 N Grand Ave, Walnut, CA 91789-1399 |
| Phone: | 909-274-7500 |
| Website: | www.mtsac.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2019-2020, 19,715 students took at least one online class at Mt. San Antonio College. This is an increase from the 5,967 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 19,715 | 5,881 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,967 | 1,425 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,857 | 1,137 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,537 | 787 |
| 2015-2016 | 2,419 | 513 |
Learn more about online learning at Mt. San Antonio College.
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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