by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Rio Hondo College was awarded 8 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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RHCCD is ranked #363 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when RHCCD held the #1,577 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
RHCCD also holds the #50 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Rio Hondo College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
At Rio Hondo College, the student to faculty ratio is 29 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 Rio Hondo College is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,692 undergraduates at RHCCD with 4,427 being full-time and 11,265 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,736 | $4,544 | $6,981 | $7,798 | $7,882 |
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 RHCCD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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Contact details for RHCCD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3600 Workman Mill Rd, Whittier, CA 90601-1616 |
| Phone: | 562-692-0921 |
| Website: | www.riohondo.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,600 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 368 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 274 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 228 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 218 | NA |
| General Psychology | 147 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 141 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 112 | NA |
| Sociology | 83 | NA |
| Nursing | 66 | 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, 6,522 students took at least one online class at Rio Hondo College. This is an increase from the 5,714 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,522 | 2,698 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,714 | 2,024 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,774 | 1,444 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,023 | 1,387 |
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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