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Vanguard University of Southern California was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked Vanguard as #772 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 Vanguard held the #860 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Vanguard also holds the #94 spot on the Best Colleges in California ranking.
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The acceptance rate at Vanguard University of Southern California is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Vanguard is a good fit for you.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Vanguard University of Southern California is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Vanguard University of Southern California is 98%. This is higher 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 Vanguard University of Southern California is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Vanguard the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,997 undergraduates at Vanguard with 1,770 being full-time and 227 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,883 | $19,218 | $22,090 | $25,240 | $30,300 |
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 Vanguard, 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 Vanguard, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $6,404 a year. That adds up to $25,616 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Vanguard University of Southern California make the most money.
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Contact details for Vanguard are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 55 Fair Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 |
| Phone: | 714-556-3610 |
| Website: | https://www.vanguard.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 89 | $102,915 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 73 | NA |
| General Psychology | 69 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 53 | $58,539 |
| Health & Physical Education | 43 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 39 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 39 | NA |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 24 | NA |
| General Education | 24 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 20 | 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, 1,362 students took at least one online class at Vanguard University of Southern California. This is a decrease from the 1,752 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,362 | 259 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,752 | 251 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,289 | 2,135 |
| 2018-2019 | 98 | 98 |
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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.
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