Career Programs at Cuyamaca

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Cuyamaca College is $10,636 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.

Cuyamaca College offers the alternative tuition plans .

56% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,127 (exclude student loans).

Cuyamaca 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$10,636
Average Financial Amount	$4,127

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Cuyamaca College offers 39 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, 1,101 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Cuyamaca College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	17	54
2 Years Certificate	22	130
Total	39	1,101

Programs by Award Level

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

54 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
130 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
917 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 [+]	✕	0 completers	-
	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Arabic Language and Literature	✕	11	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	5	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	2	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	6	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	6	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	2	-
Real Estate	✕	3	-
	Total	54

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	1	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	0	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	✕	0	-
Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	0	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	21	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	70 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	70	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	4	-
Business [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	15	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	6	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
	Total	130

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	0	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	✕	1	-
Plant Nursery Operations and Management	✕	0	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	✕	0	-
Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Ethnic Studies	✕	1	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	13	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	2	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Pre-Engineering	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Management and Recycling Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician	✕	11	-
Industrial Safety Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Surveying Technology/Surveying	✕	3	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	2	-
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Arabic Language and Literature	✕	20	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	✕	8	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	31	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	15	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	187 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	167	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	20	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	53	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	58	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	90 completers	-
Biological and Physical Sciences	✕	90	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	0	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	2	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	13	-
Physics	✕	19	-
Psychology [+]	✕	28 completers	-
Psychology	✕	28	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	1	-
Economics	✕	32	-
Political Science and Government	✕	10	-
Sociology	✕	7	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	10	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✕	0	-
Graphic Design	✕	6	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	3	-
Drawing	✕	1	-
Music	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	181 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	7	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	129	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	13	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	28	-
Small Business Administration/Management	✕	1	-
Real Estate	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
	Total	917

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 8,043 students are attending at Cuyamaca College. There are 108 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 214 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 23 to 1 (4.35%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 293 (full-time) and 236 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Cuyamaca College is 31% and transfer-out rate is 6%. The retention rate is 77% at the school.

Cuyamaca 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	8,043
Graduation Rate	31%
Number of Faculty	322
Student to Faculty Ratio	23 to 1

Student Population at Cuyamaca

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 7,809 students enrolled into Cuyamaca College. By gender, 3,312 male and 4,497 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Cuyamaca College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,809	3,312	4,497
Full-time	1,379	638	741
Part-tme	6,430	2,674	3,756

There are 3,071 White (39.33%), 325 Black/African American (4.16%), 2,754 Hispanic (35.27%), 348 Asian (4.46%), and 4,045 students with other races attending Cuyamaca College. 17 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Cuyamaca College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,809	3,312	4,497
American Indian/Native American	36	13	23
Asian	348	149	199
Black/African American	325	145	180
Hispanic	2,754	1,145	1,609
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	11	9
White	3,071	1,259	1,812
Two More	313	128	185
Un-Known	925	454	471
Non-resident Alien	17	8	9

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

3,451 students (44.19% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 2,110 students (27.02% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Cuyamaca College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Cuyamaca College
	Number of Students
Total	7,809
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,451
Enrolled Some Online Courses	2,110
Not in Online Courses	2,248

By age range, at Cuyamaca College, 2,226 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.51% of total students), 2,589 students are aged below 20 (33.15%), 516 students are aged above 50 (10.50%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Cuyamaca College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	7,809	3,312	4,497
Under 18	854	323	531
Age 18-19	1,735	836	899
Age 20-21	1,290	601	689
Age 22-24	936	416	520
Age 25-29	899	391	508
Age 30-34	612	222	390
Age 35-39	448	154	294
Age 40-49	518	167	351
Age 50-64	410	145	265
Over 64	106	56	50
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Cuyamaca College is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (1/1/1980 - Current).

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

900 Rancho San Diego Pky, El Cajon, CA

619-660-4000

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