- The Inkwell
- California
- California Miramar University
San Diego, CACity: largeZIP 92108Founded 1977
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1977
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2012
- Website
- www.calmu.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
California Miramar University
California Miramar University is a private for-profit university in San Diego, California, with 135 undergraduates. It admits 18% of applicants, graduates 43% within six years and costs $15,988 a year after aid.
43%graduate
Admission rate18%
Retention92%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share22%
Federal loans17%
$15,988net price / year
18%admission rate
—average SAT
43%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,800median debt
#560 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,276 of 1,738 for graduation rate#69 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $23,215tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,290
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,290
- Average net price
- $15,988national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$14,046
$30,001–48,000—
$48,001–75,000$19,017
$75,001–110,000$23,215
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 18%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college18%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college92%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college43%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college22%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 43%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 92%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,301
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,800
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, California Miramar University—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 135
- Part-time
- 3.0%
- Women / men
- 21% / 79%
- Average age at entry
- 22.6
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 7.1%
- Average faculty salary
- —
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,398
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White14%
Hispanic22%
Black18%
Asian4.4%
Two or more races6.7%
U.S. nonresident18%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2.2%
Unknown13%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 480781. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1026836.