El Camino College

El Camino College is a two-year community college located in Torrance, CA. It has nonselective admissions (100% acceptance rate). It has a middle sized student body with 8,225 full-time undergrads in attendance. El Camino has 70 unique majors across eight academic disciplines. The most common picks are Liberal Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Business, with 25% of graduates receiving an Associate's in Liberal Arts and Humanities. 16% of students either study Natural Sciences or Business (8% each). If you are hoping to focus your studies on information technology while living in California but don't have high test scores, El Camino is an incredible option for you, because its information technology program ranks in the top ten in the state. Furthermore, El Camino ranked 20th in California for top colleges with rolling admissions. At full price, tuition goes for $1,086 a year, if you're applying from California. Otherwise, tuition could cost you as much as $6,194. That being said, a bit less than 2 in 3 El Camino students acquire some grant or scholarship funding. 35% of El Camino College students walk across that stage on graduation day, expecting to find their dream jobs. The average alumnus goes on to make $22,100 two years after finishing their studies. After another four years in the labor force, the graduate's median yearly wage grows 43.9% to $31,800; however, that is still 20.7% short of the national median salary. Many of you may also want to be informed that El Camino doesn't offer early decision. What's more, the student-professor ratio is 28:1, and it offers evening degree programs. Respecting finances, be aware that 46% of undergrads get federal grant aid and for households earning between $49k and $75k, the average cost of tuition after scholarships and aid is $11,352 each year. With regard for demographics, 90% of undergrads at El Camino are from households with a yearly salary less than $30k and foreign students make up 70% of the undergraduate population at El Camino. When it comes to the campus experience, first-year undergraduates have the option to live off campus. In closing, two years after receiving their degrees, 19% of El Camino's graduates do not have a job and six years after receiving their diplomas, 17% of El Camino graduates are out of work.