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California State University - Channel Islands was awarded 29 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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CSUCI is ranked #775 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
CSUCI is also ranked #95 out of 161 schools in California.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 90%, some consider CSUCI to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
The student to faculty ratio at California State University - Channel Islands is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 California State University - Channel Islands is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like California State University - Channel Islands enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at CSUCI is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,947 undergraduates at CSUCI with 5,631 being full-time and 1,316 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,487 | $10,331 | $13,885 | $18,958 | $22,489 |
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 CSUCI, 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 CSUCI, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $5,440 a year. That adds up to $21,760 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for CSUCI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 University Drive, Camarillo, CA 93012 |
| Phone: | 805-437-8400 |
| Website: | www.csuci.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 356 | $32,706 |
| Business Administration & Management | 256 | $47,581 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 236 | $34,053 |
| Sociology | 127 | $36,557 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 117 | $28,324 |
| General Biology | 103 | $38,344 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 103 | $40,109 |
| Nursing | 100 | $103,484 |
| Computer Science | 83 | $59,374 |
| Other Education | 78 | $34,646 |
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 2022-2023, 4,250 students took at least one online class at California State University - Channel Islands. This is a decrease from the 5,684 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,250 | 718 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,684 | 1,245 |
| 2020-2021 | 7,416 | 7,247 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,672 | 71 |
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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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