Laurus College Overview

Laurus College is a private for-profit institution situated in San Luis Obispo, California. San Luis Obispo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Laurus College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Laurus College is the bachelor's degree.
• In <nil>, 71% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Laurus College?

Contact details for Laurus College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	81 Higuera St Ste 110, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone:	805-267-1690
Website:	www.lauruscollege.edu

Laurus 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 Laurus College?

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 Laurus College, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $7,172 a year. That adds up to $28,688 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Laurus College is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Laurus College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 734 undergraduate students at Laurus College, with 167 being full-time and 567 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 167 full-time undergraduates at Laurus College, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	45
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Online Learning at Laurus College

In 2020-2021, 734 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Laurus College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 42nd most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Laurus College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Laurus College was -14.3%. This is the #2,035 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Laurus College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.