Cuesta College Business Programs
Located in San Luis Obispo, California, Cuesta College is a public institution. The suburban atmosphere of San Luis Obispo makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.
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Cuesta College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Cuesta College.
Where Is Cuesta College?
Contact details for Cuesta College are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8106 |
Phone: | 805-546-3100 |
Website: | www.cuesta.edu |
How Do I Get Into Cuesta College?
You can apply to Cuesta College online at: https://www.cuesta.edu/admissionsaid/apply/index.html
Can I Afford Cuesta College?
Student Loan Debt
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 Cuesta College, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $5,741 a year. That adds up to $22,964 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Cuesta College is 8.7%. 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.
Cuesta College Undergraduate Student Diversity
Gender Diversity
Of the 2,987 full-time undergraduates at Cuesta College, 46% are male and 54% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cuesta College students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 101 |
Black or African American | 52 |
Hispanic or Latino | 947 |
White | 1,620 |
International Students | 18 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 249 |
Online Learning at Cuesta College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Cuesta College has changed over the last few years.
Online Growth Rankings of Cuesta College
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cuesta College was 114.0%. This is the #341 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Cuesta College regardless of major.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Cuesta College Business Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
Major | Basic Certificate | Associate’s | TOTAL |
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General Business/Commerce | 638 | 0 | 638 |
General Business Administration and Management | 51 | 145 | 196 |
General Economics | 0 | 48 | 48 |
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping | 46 | 0 | 46 |
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Small Business Administration/Management | 11 | 0 | 11 |
E-Commerce | 7 | 0 | 7 |
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science | 1 | 0 | 1 |
General Hospitality Administration/Management | 0 | 1 | 1 |
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations | 0 | 1 | 1 |
TOTAL | 754 | 211 | 965 |
References
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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