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Mt. San Jacinto College was awarded 39 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & physical sciences.
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MSJC is ranked #584 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MSJC held the #1,384 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
MSJC also holds the #73 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
Mt. San Jacinto 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.
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 Jacinto College, this rate is 30 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Mt. San Jacinto College is 18%. 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 Mt. San Jacinto College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,988 undergraduates at MSJC with 5,225 being full-time and 8,763 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,632 | $5,061 | $7,810 | $9,352 | $10,071 |
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 MSJC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
See which majors at Mt. San Jacinto College make the most money.
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Contact details for MSJC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1499 N. State St., San Jacinto, CA 92583-2399 |
| Phone: | 951-487-6752 |
| Website: | www.msjc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 736 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 685 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 273 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 146 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 142 | NA |
| General Psychology | 126 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 93 | NA |
| Special Education | 86 | NA |
| Mathematics | 59 | NA |
| Environmental Control Technology | 43 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 2,333 students took at least one online class at Mt. San Jacinto College. This is an increase from the 2,311 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,333 | 229 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,311 | 305 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,520 | 253 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Mt. San Jacinto 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.
References
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