Taft College
Taft College at a Glance
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About Taft College
According to Wikipedia, Taft College is a public community college in Taft, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges system and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The college is one of only a few community colleges in California to have on-campus housing.
Taft College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Graduation Rate |
|---|
| 34% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.
How Much Does Taft College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $1,108 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.
How Much Do Taft College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Taft College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $44,265 a year, and 83% of those not still in school are working.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.
Taft College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 8,130 | 8,130 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Taft College?
Taft College is located at 29 Cougar Court, Taft, CA 93268.
How Safe is Taft College?
Like every college that receives federal student aid, Taft College publishes an annual security report with its campus crime statistics and safety policies. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.
Relative to its enrollment, Taft College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of 0.02%. Taft has a violent crime rate of 0.46% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.75%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.
What Is Taft College Known For?
Taft College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Taft College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Taft College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Taft College ranks #2086 in the U.S. and #7740 worldwide for influence in Mathematics.
math DegreesTaft College ranks #2104 in the U.S. and #7332 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesTaft College ranks #2152 in the U.S. and #6381 worldwide for influence in Sociology.
sociology DegreesTaft College ranks #2672 in the U.S. and #5538 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesTaft College ranks #2802 in the U.S. and #9444 worldwide for influence in History.
history DegreesTaft College ranks #2935 in the U.S. and #7798 worldwide for influence in Psychology.
psychology DegreesTaft College ranks #3201 in the U.S. and #11600 worldwide for influence in Business.
business DegreesTaft College ranks #3676 in the U.S. and #13335 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesTaft College ranks #4405 in the U.S. and #17262 worldwide for influence in Education.
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