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.
California State University - Channel Islands was awarded 173 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences and services.
CSUCI landed the #504 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CSUCI held the #693 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
CSUCI also holds the #70 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
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California State University - Channel Islands has an acceptance rate of 79%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
Learn more about California State University - Channel Islands admissions.
At California State University - Channel Islands, the student to faculty ratio is 22 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.
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 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
California State University - Channel Islands has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. 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.
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 24%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,011 | $13,125 | $16,151 | $21,127 | $24,116 |
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 37% of students took out student loans averaging $5,715 a year. That adds up to $22,860 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CSUCI is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/CSUChannelIslands |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/csu_ci |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 307 | $42,995 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 220 | $28,580 |
| Sociology | 187 | $34,615 |
| General Biology | 147 | $33,204 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 146 | $35,360 |
| Educational Administration | 125 | NA |
| Nursing | 99 | $91,801 |
| Other Education | 77 | $29,499 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 65 | $22,383 |
| Computer Science | 55 | $65,899 |
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, 7,416 students took at least one online class at California State University - Channel Islands. This is an increase from the 3,287 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 7,416 | 7,247 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,287 | 227 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,672 | 71 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,033 | 34 |
| 2015-2016 | 1,495 | 36 |
Learn more about online learning at California State University - Channel Islands.
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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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