by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Cabrillo College was awarded 105 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is human development and family studies.
According to College Factual's 2023 analysis, Cabrillo College is ranked #1,300 out of 2,241 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Cabrillo College held the #1,532 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Cabrillo College also holds the #129 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Cabrillo 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.
Learn more about Cabrillo College admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at Cabrillo College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Cabrillo College is 44%. 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 Cabrillo College is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Cabrillo College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,792 undergraduates at Cabrillo College with 3,201 being full-time and 6,591 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,823 | $11,412 | $13,406 | $16,070 | $18,875 |
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 Cabrillo College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cabrillo College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $6,071 a year. That adds up to $24,284 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Cabrillo College is 8.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Cabrillo College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Cabrillo College.
Contact details for Cabrillo College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA 95003 |
| Phone: | 831-479-6100 |
| Website: | https://www.cabrillo.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2019-2020, 5,142 students took at least one online class at Cabrillo College. This is an increase from the 5,140 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 5,142 | 1,073 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,140 | 1,097 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,947 | 1,044 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,635 | 1,102 |
| 2015-2016 | 3,523 | 972 |
Learn more about online learning at Cabrillo 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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