California Jazz Conservatory Overview

Located in Berkeley, California, California Jazz Conservatory is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is California Jazz Conservatory Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at California Jazz Conservatory since the student to facuty ratio is 5 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at California Jazz Conservatory is 5%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at California Jazz Conservatory is the bachelor's degree.

Where Is California Jazz Conservatory?

Contact details for California Jazz Conservatory are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2087 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704-1268
Phone:	510-845-5373
Website:	www.cjc.edu

Admission Requirements for California Jazz Conservatory

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into California Jazz Conservatory?

California Jazz Conservatory has the high acceptance rate of 100%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 75% of accepted students are men and 25% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 100%.

Can I Afford California Jazz Conservatory?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At California Jazz Conservatory, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $2,722 a year. That adds up to $10,888 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at California Jazz Conservatory is 4.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California Jazz Conservatory Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23 undergraduate students at California Jazz Conservatory, with 20 being full-time and 3 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 20 full-time undergraduates at California Jazz Conservatory, 80% are male and 20% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Jazz Conservatory students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Over 4 countries are represented at California Jazz Conservatory. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Colombia, and Sweden.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.