Sierra College Overview

Located in Rocklin, California, Sierra College is a public institution. Rocklin is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Sierra College Known For?

• Students at Sierra College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Sierra College.
• In <nil>, 32% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Sierra College?

Contact details for Sierra College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5100 Sierra College Blvd, Rocklin, CA 95677-3397
Phone:	916-624-3333
Website:	www.sierracollege.edu

How Do I Get Into Sierra College?

You can apply to Sierra College online at: https://www.sierracollege.edu/admissions/how-to-apply

Sierra College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Sierra 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 Sierra College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $7,230 a year. That adds up to $28,920 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Sierra College 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.

Sierra College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,773 undergraduate students at Sierra College, with 5,553 being full-time and 10,220 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,553 full-time undergraduates at Sierra College, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	435
Black or African American	174
Hispanic or Latino	1,373
White	2,985
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	564

Over 54 countries are represented at Sierra College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Japan.

Online Learning at Sierra College

In 2020-2021, 13,530 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Sierra College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Sierra College was 4.3%. This is the #1,571 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Sierra 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.