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Foothill College Overview

Located in Los Altos Hills, California, Foothill College is a public institution. Foothill College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Foothill College Known For?

1,765 Undergraduate Awards
  • The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Foothill College.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 35% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Foothill College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $57,072 a year. That's about 40% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Foothill College?

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Contact details for Foothill College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Phone: 650-949-7777
Website: foothill.edu

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How Do I Get Into Foothill College?

You can apply to Foothill College online at: https://foothill.edu/reg/admission/apply.html

Foothill College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Foothill College?

2% Take Out Loans

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Foothill College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,888 a year. That adds up to $19,552 over four years for those students.

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Foothill College Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,016 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,605 undergraduate students at Foothill College, with 4,016 being full-time and 10,589 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 4,016 full-time undergraduates at Foothill College, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 932
Black or African American 156
Hispanic or Latino 1,192
White 994
International Students 380
Other Races/Ethnicities 362

Over 88 countries are represented at Foothill College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Hong Kong.

Foothill College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies 5 3 318 0 326
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 179 4 0 0 183
Business Administration & Management 26 109 0 0 135
General Psychology 0 90 0 0 90
Instructional Media Design 71 0 0 0 71
Dental Support Services 0 4 9 54 67
Human Development & Family Studies 37 26 2 0 65
Communication & Media Studies 16 42 0 0 58
Allied Health Professions 4 49 2 0 55
Computer Science 0 45 0 0 45
Plumbing & Water Supply 0 4 35 0 39
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 8 28 0 0 36
Health Sciences & Services 0 36 0 0 36
Other Education 34 0 0 0 34
Mathematics 0 33 0 0 33
Accounting 12 18 2 0 32
Environmental Control Technology 0 1 31 0 32
Computer Programming 30 0 0 0 30
Special Education 9 18 2 0 29
Geography & Cartography 20 9 0 0 29
Sociology 0 27 0 0 27
Biological & Physical Science 18 8 0 0 26
Economics 0 25 0 0 25
General Social Sciences 0 25 0 0 25
Design & Applied Arts 5 15 3 0 23
Health & Physical Education 1 19 0 0 20
General Biology 0 18 0 0 18
General English Literature 0 15 0 0 15
Fine & Studio Arts 1 13 1 0 15
Audiovisual Communications 4 6 3 0 13
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 4 7 0 11
Public Health 10 0 0 0 10
Anthropology 0 10 0 0 10
Political Science & Government 0 10 0 0 10
Information Technology 9 0 0 0 9
Ethnic Studies 0 9 0 0 9
Horticulture 0 7 0 0 7
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 7 0 0 7
History 0 7 0 0 7
Drama & Theater Arts 1 6 0 0 7
Music 5 2 0 0 7
East Asian Languages 0 6 0 0 6
Physics 0 6 0 0 6
General Engineering 0 4 0 0 4
Area Studies 0 4 0 0 4
Philosophy 0 4 0 0 4
Chemistry 0 3 0 0 3
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1 2 0 0 3
Romance Languages 0 2 0 0 2
Precision Metal Working 0 0 2 0 2
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 2 0 0 2
Computer Information Systems 1 0 0 0 1
Computer Systems Networking 0 1 0 0 1
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 1 0 0 1
Graphic Communications 0 0 0 0 0
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0 0
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 0 0 0 0
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 507 787 417 54 1,765

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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