Cuesta College

2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2024 tuition & fees of Cuesta College () is $1,340 for California residents and $11,000 for out-of-state students. Its tuition & fees is cheaper than the average tuition ($9,880) of public community colleges in California.

The following table shows the 2023-2024 tuition & fees, books & supplies, and living costs at Cuesta College. Then, we compare its costs to California community colleges and all U.S. community colleges.

In addition, the chart shows tuition trends over the last 5 years. You can check more comprehensive tuition information on the cost of attendance page.

2024 Cost Of Attendance
	California Residents	Out-of-State
Tuition & Fees	$1,340	$11,000
Books & Supplies	$1,152
Off-Campus Living Costs	$25,470
Average Financial Aid	$3,834
Cost of Attendance	$27,962	$37,622
After Financial Aid	$24,128	$33,788
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$42,100

2024 Tuition & Fees and Comparison
	California Residents	Out-of-State Students
Cuesta College	$1,340	$11,000
Public Community Colleges in California	$1,615	$9,880
Public Community Colleges in U.S.	$4,939	$8,623

Tuition Trends

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Cuesta College offers Certificate and Associate's programs. The following table summarizes the number of offered programs by degree types.

Offered Programs and Online Availability
	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Total Programs	20	78	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each major program along with offered degrees and online availability. The number in each column indicates the number of awarded degrees and/or certificates of the program. It includes completers through on-campus classes, partially online classes, and only online classes. "Only in Classroom" means that the program is offered only on-site classes and "not offered" means that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	NOT OFFERED	18 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Crop Production	NOT OFFERED	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Environmental Science	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Architecture

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Architectural Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	15 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Area Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	35 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Journalism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Radio and Television	NOT OFFERED	28 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Information Technology	NOT OFFERED	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Personal and Culinary Services

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Cooking and Related Culinary Arts	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Education

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Education	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	39 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Pre-Engineering	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Spanish Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	NOT OFFERED	14 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Human Development and Family Studies	NOT OFFERED	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Child Care and Support Services Management	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Child Care Provider/Assistant	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	41 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	21 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	1,182 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	897 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	439 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Library Science

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Library and Archives Assisting	NOT OFFERED	16 completers ^{ONLINE / CLASSROOM}	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	24 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	22 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	NOT OFFERED	24 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Philosophy	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Physics	NOT OFFERED	2 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	123 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	NOT OFFERED	50 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	21 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	15 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	77 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
International Relations and Affairs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	47 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Construction Trades

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Electrician	16 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	17 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Building Construction Technology	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Mechanics and Repairers

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Welding Technology/Welder	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Fashion/Apparel Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Interior Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	NOT OFFERED	6 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	31 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Drawing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sculpture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	13 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Medical/Clinical Assistant	NOT OFFERED	5 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	1 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	7 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	9 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	19 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	10 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	41 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	NOT OFFERED	8 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	157 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	NOT OFFERED	3 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Hospitality Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	4 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's
History	NOT OFFERED	23 completers ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Student Population

There are 9,908 students at Cuesta College including both full-time and part-time students. By gender, 4,632 male students and 5,029 female students are attending the school. The following table shows the total number of students by gender and attending status at the school. You can check more enrollment information of the school.

Student Population
	Total	Full-Time	Part-time
Total	9,661	2,613	7,048
Male Students	4,632	1,259	3,373
Female Students	5,029	1,354	3,675

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

At Cuesta College, there are 9,908 students including in both full-time and part-time status. Of that, 6,285 students were attending classes through distance learning (3,285 students are enrolled exclusively and 3,000 are enrolled in some online courses) .

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	9,908
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	3,285
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	3,000
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	3,623

School Profile and Academic Overview

Cuesta College is a 2-4 years, public school located in San Luis Obispo, California. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $1,340 for California residents and $11,000 for other students on average. It offers 143 degree programs through 20 Certificate, 78 Associate's programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 3 programs (1 Associate's programs). The average earning in 10 years after graduation from the school is $42,100.

Directory Information and Key Academic Statistics
Type	2-4 years, public
Address	Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, CA
Phone	805-546-3100
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024) »	In-State$1,340 Out-of-State$11,000
Student Population »	9,908 Total Enrollment
Graduation Rate »	43%
Transfer-out Rate	9%
Retention Rate	68% (Full-time) 41% (Part-time)
Average Financial Aid »	$3,834
Students to Faculty	27:1 (3.70%)
Average Earning After 10 years of graduation	$42,100

A Community College in San Luis Obispo, California

2024 Tuition & Fees

Offered Degrees/Programs By Area of Study

Student Population

Distance Learning (Online Degree/Program) Student Population

School Profile and Academic Overview

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