by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Mt. San Jacinto College was awarded 102 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & physical science.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, MSJC is ranked #1,384 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MSJC held the #1,538 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
MSJC is also ranked #135 out of 168 schools in California.
Mt. San Jacinto College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Mt. San Jacinto College, the student to faculty ratio is 25 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.
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 Mt. San Jacinto College is 18%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Mt. San Jacinto College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,988 undergraduates at MSJC with 5,225 being full-time and 8,763 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,949 | $5,715 | $8,096 | $10,197 | $10,598 |
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 MSJC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at MSJC is 8.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for MSJC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1499 N. State St., San Jacinto, CA 92583-2399 |
| Phone: | 951-487-6752 |
| Website: | www.msjc.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 2,311 students took at least one online class at Mt. San Jacinto College. This is a decrease from the 2,520 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,311 | 305 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,520 | 253 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,029 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,336 | 2,073 |
Learn more about online learning at Mt. San Jacinto College.
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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