Palomar College Business Programs

Palomar College is a public institution located in San Marcos, California. San Marcos is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Palomar 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 Palomar College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#19	Most Popular Accounting Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Palomar College?

Contact details for Palomar College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1140 W. Mission, San Marcos, CA 92069-1487
Phone:	760-744-1150
Website:	www2.palomar.edu/

How Do I Get Into Palomar College?

You can apply to Palomar College online at: https://www.palomar.edu/apply

Palomar College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Palomar 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 Palomar College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,060 a year. That adds up to $12,240 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Palomar College is 14.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Palomar College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 21,141 undergraduate students at Palomar College, with 7,001 being full-time and 14,140 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 7,001 full-time undergraduates at Palomar College, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	468
Black or African American	191
Hispanic or Latino	3,264
White	2,316
International Students	98
Other Races/Ethnicities	664

Over 47 countries are represented at Palomar College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Palomar College

In 2019-2020, 19,107 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Palomar College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Palomar College was 147.6%. This is the #295 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Palomar College regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Palomar College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Palomar College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
International Business	#4
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#4

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%.

Palomar College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	9	172	3	184
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	36	27	36	99
General Business/Commerce	0	45	0	45
Real Estate	17	1	0	18
Advertising	8	7	0	15
General Economics	1	8	0	9
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	1	0	0	1
Retail Management	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	72	260	39	371

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.