Career Programs at Cabrillo

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Cabrillo College is $9,910 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

53% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,613 (exclude student loans).

Cabrillo 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,910
Average Financial Amount	$4,613

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Cabrillo College offers 65 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 2,311 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Cabrillo College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	38	431
2 Years Certificate	27	154
Total	65	2,311

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

431 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
154 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,726 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	6	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	9	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	26	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	67 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	28	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	22	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	0	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	17	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	17	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Biomedical Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician	✕	8	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	1	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	11	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	43 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	43	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	0	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	4	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	9	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	35	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	6	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	1	-
Photography	✕	6	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	1	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	0	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	3	-
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist	✕	13	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	72 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	5	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	45	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	21	-
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	✕	1	-
	Total	431

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	0	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	0	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	5	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	3	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	0	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	4	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	76	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	8	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	41	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	0	-
	Total	154

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Crop Production	✕	3	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	4	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Area Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	2	-
Women's Studies	✕	2	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	59 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	59	-
Journalism	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Computer Programming/Programmer	✕	0	-
Computer Science	✕	14	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	4	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	6	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	2	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	27	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	18 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	18	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	25	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	652 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	652	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	29	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	44	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	19	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	156 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	124	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	32	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	41 completers	-
Astronomy	✕	0	-
Chemistry	✕	19	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	21	-
Psychology [+]	✕	72 completers	-
Psychology	✕	72	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	57 completers	-
Corrections	✕	10	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	30	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✕	17	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	129 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	27	-
Economics	✕	21	-
Geography	✕	3	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	0	-
Political Science and Government	✕	17	-
Sociology	✕	61	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Building/Home/Construction Inspection/Inspector	✕	0	-
Building/Construction Site Management/Manager	✕	7	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	37 completers	-
Dance	✕	2	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	5	-
Photography	✕	7	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	16	-
Music	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	109 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✕	0	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	15	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	13	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	13	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	68	-
Business [+]	✕	135 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	42	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	67	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	23	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	3	-
Real Estate	✕	0	-
History [+]	✕	22 completers	-
History	✕	22	-
	Total	1,726

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 9,149 students are attending at Cabrillo College. There are 208 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 268 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 16 to 1 (6.25%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 466 (full-time) and 287 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Cabrillo College is 33% and transfer-out rate is 8%. The retention rate is 74% at the school.

Cabrillo 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	9,149
Graduation Rate	33%
Number of Faculty	476
Student to Faculty Ratio	16 to 1

Student Population at Cabrillo

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 9,075 students enrolled into Cabrillo College. By gender, 3,782 male and 5,293 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Cabrillo College.

Student Population By Gender
Cabrillo College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,075	3,782	5,293
Full-time	2,933	1,295	1,638
Part-tme	6,142	2,487	3,655

There are 3,649 White (40.21%), 98 Black/African American (1.08%), 4,413 Hispanic (48.63%), 270 Asian (2.98%), and 5,036 students with other races attending Cabrillo College. 42 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Cabrillo College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,075	3,782	5,293
American Indian/Native American	13	2	11
Asian	270	104	166
Black/African American	98	46	52
Hispanic	4,413	1,710	2,703
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	10	12
White	3,649	1,629	2,020
Two More	483	221	262
Un-Known	85	33	52
Non-resident Alien	42	27	15

Cabrillo College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

5,479 students (60.37% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,502 students (27.57% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Cabrillo College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Cabrillo College
	Number of Students
Total	9,075
Enrolled Online Exclusively	5,479
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,502
Not in Online Courses	1,094

By age range, at Cabrillo College, 2,776 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.59% of total students), 2,855 students are aged below 20 (31.46%), 785 students are aged above 50 (11.02%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Cabrillo College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,075	3,782	5,293
Under 18	586	218	368
Age 18-19	2,269	1,075	1,194
Age 20-21	1,580	754	826
Age 22-24	1,196	527	669
Age 25-29	1,083	369	714
Age 30-34	655	228	427
Age 35-39	443	143	300
Age 40-49	478	163	315
Age 50-64	500	174	326
Over 64	285	131	154

Directory and Accreditation Information

Cabrillo College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1961 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Cabrillo College.

6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, CA

831-479-6100

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Directory and Accreditation Information

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