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Cuyamaca College Data & Information Overview

Find out more about how Cuyamaca College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Cuyamaca College Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Cuyamaca College was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Cuyamaca College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Cuyamaca 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.

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Cuyamaca College Faculty

23 to 1 Student to Faculty
34% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Cuyamaca College, the student to faculty ratio is 23 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Cuyamaca College is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  34 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Cuyamaca College

77% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Cuyamaca College 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  77 out of 100
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100

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Cuyamaca College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,646 Full-Time Undergraduates
36.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,720 undergraduates at Cuyamaca College with 1,646 being full-time and 7,074 being part-time.

How Much Does Cuyamaca College Cost?

$6,489 Net Price
The overall average net price of Cuyamaca College is $6,489. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Cuyamaca College

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$4,633$5,107$7,253$11,321$12,502

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 Cuyamaca College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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How Much Money Do Cuyamaca College Graduates Make?

$32,435 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Cuyamaca College make around $32,435 per year during the early years of their employment. This is about 34% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Cuyamaca College

California State
1,646 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Cuyamaca College is a public institution located in El Cajon, California. El Cajon is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for Cuyamaca College are given below.

Contact Details
Address:900 Rancho San Diego Pky, El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone:619-660-4000
Website:https://www.cuyamaca.edu/

Cuyamaca College Majors

48 Majors With Completions
3,128 Undergraduate Degrees
3,128 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 48 majors graduated from Cuyamaca College. Of these students, 3,128 received undergraduate degrees and 3,128 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Accounting324NA
Liberal Arts General Studies324NA
Business Administration & Management126NA
Biological & Physical Science104NA
Mathematics77NA
Human Services69NA
Human Development & Family Studies58NA
Health Sciences & Services48NA
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages46NA
Environmental Control Technology38NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Cuyamaca College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Cuyamaca College

81% Take At Least One Class Online
60% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 6,517 students took at least one online class at Cuyamaca College. This is an increase from the 5,561 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20236,5174,803
2021-20225,5613,451
2020-20215,5993,063
2018-20193,6571,834

Learn more about online learning at Cuyamaca College.

Notes and References

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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