Cogswell College Overview

Cogswell College is a private for-profit institution located in San Jose, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Cogswell College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Cogswell is the master's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 14% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Cogswell with a bachelor's degree make about $51,017 a year. That's 25% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Cogswell College?

Contact details for Cogswell are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	191 Baypointe Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134
Phone:	800-264-7955
Website:	usv.edu

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How Do I Get Into Cogswell?

You can apply to Cogswell online at: https://usv.edu/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Cogswell

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cogswell?

Cogswell has an acceptance rate of 65%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 63% of accepted students are men and 31% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 77%.

Can I Afford Cogswell College?

The overall average net price of Cogswell is $38,464. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cogswell, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,648 a year. That adds up to $30,592 over four years for those students.

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Cogswell College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 514 undergraduate students at Cogswell, with 421 being full-time and 93 being part-time.

There are also 10 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 421 full-time undergraduates at Cogswell, 69% are male and 31% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cogswell College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	103
White	112
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	83

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Cogswell College. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at Cogswell. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Hong Kong, Jordan, and Taiwan.

Cogswell College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Graphic Communications	26	0	26
Design & Applied Arts	19	0	19
Computer Software & Applications	15	0	15
Music	10	0	10
Computer Programming	9	0	9
Business Administration & Management	2	5	7
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	2	2
TOTAL	81	7	88

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.