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College Factual ranked Gavilan College as #885 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Gavilan College held the #1,567 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Gavilan College also holds the #105 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Gavilan College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Gavilan College, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Gavilan College is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Gavilan 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.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,494 undergraduates at Gavilan College with 1,538 being full-time and 2,956 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,178 | $6,602 | $9,261 | $10,387 | $9,545 |
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 Gavilan College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at Gavilan College is 4.0%. 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.
Get more details about the location of Gavilan College.
Contact details for Gavilan College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd, Gilroy, CA 95020 |
| Phone: | 408-848-4800 |
| Website: | https://www.gavilan.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 437 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 113 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 105 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 58 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 39 | NA |
| General Psychology | 37 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 36 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 36 | NA |
| Cosmetology | 33 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 24 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 3,232 students took at least one online class at Gavilan College. This is a decrease from the 3,339 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,232 | 2,067 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,339 | 2,004 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,582 | 2,083 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,841 | 449 |
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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