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Ventura College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Ventura College landed the #969 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 161 colleges in California, Ventura College is ranked at #111.
Ventura 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.
At Ventura College, the student to faculty ratio is 25 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 Ventura College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Ventura College has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. 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.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,789 undergraduates at Ventura College with 3,383 being full-time and 8,406 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,287 | $2,391 | $2,857 | $5,482 | $5,182 |
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 Ventura College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Ventura College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,450 a year. That adds up to $21,800 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Ventura College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4667 Telegraph Rd, Ventura, CA 93003-3872 |
| Phone: | 805-654-6400 |
| Website: | www.venturacollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,836 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 380 | NA |
| General Biology | 309 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 264 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 174 | NA |
| General Psychology | 164 | NA |
| Accounting | 129 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 98 | NA |
| Sociology | 82 | NA |
| General Engineering | 73 | 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, 9,270 students took at least one online class at Ventura College. This is a decrease from the 9,762 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,270 | 6,130 |
| 2021-2022 | 9,762 | 6,962 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,359 | 4,948 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,169 | 2,215 |
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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