by our College Data Analytics Team
In 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.
Allan Hancock College was awarded 10 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Allan Hancock College landed the #307 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. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
Since Allan Hancock College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
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 Allan Hancock College, this rate is 22 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 Allan Hancock College is 30%. 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 Allan Hancock College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,248 undergraduates at Allan Hancock College with 2,938 being full-time and 7,310 being part-time.
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 Allan Hancock College, 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 Allan Hancock College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,721 a year. That adds up to $18,884 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Allan Hancock College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 South College Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93454-6399 |
| Phone: | 805-922-6966 |
| Website: | www.hancockcollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,451 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 359 | NA |
| General Psychology | 125 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 124 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 113 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 98 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 92 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 67 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 56 | NA |
| Mathematics | 49 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,764 students took at least one online class at Allan Hancock College. This is a decrease from the 3,989 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,764 | 1,336 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,989 | 1,700 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,796 | 1,234 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,467 | 1,250 |
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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