San Diego Mesa College Overview

San Diego Mesa College is a public institution situated in San Diego, California. The location of San Diego Mesa College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is San Diego Mesa College Known For?

• The highest award offered at San Diego Mesa College is the bachelor's degree.
• In <nil>, 36% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from San Diego Mesa College makes roughly $43,015 a year. This is 5% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is San Diego Mesa College?

Contact details for San Diego Mesa College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7250 Mesa College Dr, San Diego, CA 92111-4998
Phone:	619-388-2600
Website:	www.sdmesa.edu

How Do I Get Into San Diego Mesa College?

You can apply to San Diego Mesa College online at: www.sdmesa.edu/apply/index.shtml

As long as you submit the requested materials to San Diego Mesa College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford San Diego Mesa College?

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 San Diego Mesa College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,254 a year. That adds up to $13,016 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at San Diego Mesa College is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

San Diego Mesa College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,028 undergraduate students at San Diego Mesa College, with 3,553 being full-time and 14,475 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,553 full-time undergraduates at San Diego Mesa College, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of San Diego Mesa College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	477
Black or African American	221
Hispanic or Latino	1,485
White	982
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	349

Online Learning at San Diego Mesa College

In 2020-2021, 16,254 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of San Diego Mesa College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at San Diego Mesa College was 110.4%. This is the #395 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at San Diego Mesa 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.