by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Sierra College was awarded 23 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Sierra College landed the #1,466 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Sierra College also holds the #138 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
Since Sierra 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.
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 Sierra College, this rate is 23 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Sierra College is 30%. 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 Sierra College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 17,503 undergraduates at Sierra College with 6,629 being full-time and 10,874 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,417 | $3,726 | $6,006 | $7,968 | $5,794 |
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 Sierra College, 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 Sierra College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $5,567 a year. That adds up to $22,268 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Sierra College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5100 Sierra College Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95677-3397 |
| Phone: | 916-624-3333 |
| Website: | https://www.sierracollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 909 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 756 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 685 | NA |
| General Psychology | 392 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 323 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 182 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 172 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 167 | NA |
| Accounting | 114 | NA |
| Economics | 114 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 11,601 students took at least one online class at Sierra College. This is a decrease from the 13,530 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,601 | 6,692 |
| 2021-2022 | 13,530 | 10,536 |
| 2020-2021 | 9,833 | 2,164 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,245 | 2,332 |
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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