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San Diego Miramar College is ranked #895 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when San Diego Miramar College held the #1,240 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 161 colleges in California, San Diego Miramar College is ranked at #106.
Since San Diego Miramar 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.
At San Diego Miramar College, the student to faculty ratio is 27 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 San Diego Miramar College is 31%. 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 San Diego Miramar College is 70%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,408 undergraduates at San Diego Miramar College with 1,892 being full-time and 11,516 being part-time.
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 San Diego Miramar College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At San Diego Miramar College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,578 a year. That adds up to $22,312 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for San Diego Miramar College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10440 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, CA 92126-2999 |
| Phone: | 619-388-7800 |
| Website: | www.sdmiramar.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 335 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 278 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 192 | NA |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 106 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 101 | NA |
| General Biology | 81 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 77 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 60 | NA |
| General Psychology | 47 | NA |
| Computer Science | 44 | NA |
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, 7,431 students took at least one online class at San Diego Miramar College. This is a decrease from the 10,156 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,431 | 5,338 |
| 2021-2022 | 10,156 | 9,103 |
| 2020-2021 | 12,620 | 12,292 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,426 | 3,364 |
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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.
References
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