Far WestSuburbanPublic4-yearHumanities

Cuyamaca College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

El Cajon, CA8,437 students
Acceptance Rate
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open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$6.2k
Sticker $10.6k
Graduation Rate
26%
6-year, full-time

Cuyamaca College is a public institution in El Cajon, CA and 8,437 students. The average net price after financial aid is $6,187 per year.

About Cuyamaca College

A public 4-year suburban university in El Cajon, CA.

Cuyamaca College campus
Campus · El Cajon

Cuyamaca College is a college in El Cajon, CA. It enrolls roughly 8,437 students.

Far WestSuburbanPublic4-yearHumanities
Acceptance Rate
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Open Admission
Total Enrollment
8,437
Medium
Retention
72%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
26%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Admitted Student GPA
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Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Cuyamaca College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Cuyamaca College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $10,636
Average net price after aid
$6,187
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$5,626
$30,001 – $48,000
$5,809
$48,001 – $75,000
$8,852
$75,001 – $110,000
$11,016
$110,001 +
$13,850

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
27%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
2%
Avg loan $5,136 / year
Avg Grant Aid
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Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Cuyamaca College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
25:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Humanities
24% of degrees awarded
Retention
72%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Cuyamaca College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Asian4%
  • Hispanic30%
  • Black4%
  • International13%

Gender

  • Female55%
  • Male45%
International
14%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
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Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
8,437

Outcomes after graduation

What Cuyamaca College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$32.4k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
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Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
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Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
26%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$32.4k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$5.1k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$6.2k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$32k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 26% graduation rate is below the national average.

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