Laurus College Business Programs

Laurus College is a private for-profit institution situated in San Luis Obispo, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Laurus College?

Contact details for Laurus College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	81 Higuera St Ste 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone:	805-267-1690
Website:	www.lauruscollege.edu

Since Laurus College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Laurus College?

Student Loan Debt

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 Laurus College, approximately 88% of students took out student loans averaging $7,603 a year. That adds up to $30,412 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Laurus College is 20.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Laurus College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 897 undergraduate students at Laurus College, with 129 being full-time and 768 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 129 full-time undergraduates at Laurus College, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Laurus College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	31
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Online Learning at Laurus College

In 2019-2020, 897 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Laurus College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 26th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Laurus College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Laurus College was -14.3%. This is the #1,757 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Laurus 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%.

Laurus College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	33	10	43
TOTAL	33	10	43

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.