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.
Sacramento City College was awarded 383 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is dental support services.
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College Factual ranked Sacramento City as #687 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Sacramento City is also ranked #101 out of 168 schools in California.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Sacramento City College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
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 Sacramento City College, this rate is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Sacramento City College is 45%. This is comparable to 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 Sacramento City College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 20,027 undergraduates at Sacramento City with 4,386 being full-time and 15,641 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,022 | $5,648 | $8,205 | $9,799 | $11,846 |
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 Sacramento City, 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 Sacramento City, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $6,807 a year. That adds up to $27,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Sacramento City is 14.5%. 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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Contact details for Sacramento City are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3835 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95822-1386 |
| Phone: | 916-558-2111 |
| Website: | https://www.scc.losrios.edu/ |
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, 17,216 students took at least one online class at Sacramento City College. This is an increase from the 12,344 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 17,216 | 15,653 |
| 2019-2020 | 12,344 | 5,581 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,679 | 3,896 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,272 | 3,470 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,406 | 2,978 |
Learn more about online learning at Sacramento City 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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