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Carrington College-San Jose was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Western Career College-San Jose was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Carrington College-San Jose since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
At Carrington College-San Jose, 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 Carrington College-San Jose is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Carrington College-San Jose 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.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 578 full-time undergraduates at Western Career College-San Jose.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $26,015 | $26,787 | $28,482 | $28,750 | $30,209 |
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 Western Career College-San Jose, 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 Western Career College-San Jose, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $7,516 a year. That adds up to $30,064 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Western Career College-San Jose is 12.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Western Career College-San Jose are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5883 Rue Ferrari #125, San Jose, CA 95138 |
| Phone: | 408-337-3534 |
| Website: | https://carrington.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 2020-2021, 221 students took at least one online class at Carrington College-San Jose. This is a decrease from the 255 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 221 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 255 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 203 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 251 | 8 |
Learn more about online learning at Carrington College-San Jose.
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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