Headcounts and Directory Information
Cuesta College (Cuesta) is a public, 2-4 years institute located in San Luis Obispo, CA. It has a total enrollment of 11,283 and students to faculty ratio is 27 to 1. It is a Associate's - Public Rural-serving Medium by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Associate's degree.
A total of 414 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at Cuesta. The average faculty salary is $107,434 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 680 employees work at Cuesta. The average non-instructional staff salary is $82,935. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | Highway 1, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| Phone Number | 805-546-3100 |
| Web | https://www.cuesta.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 27 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 134 Full-time / 280 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 387 Full-time / 293 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $107,434 |
| Staff Average Salary | $82,935 |
| Student Population | 11,283 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Cuesta College, there are 680 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 387 full-time and 293 part-time staffs work at Cuesta. By gender there are 290 male and 390 female employees.
Among them, 414 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 134 full-time and 280 part-time faculty. By gender there are 185 male and 229 female faculty teaching at Cuesta.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 680 | 290 | 390 | 387 | 167 | 220 | 293 | 123 | 170 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 414 | 185 | 229 | 134 | 70 | 64 | 280 | 115 | 165 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 17 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Management | 39 | 16 | 23 | 38 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 19 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 20 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Service | 38 | 32 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Office and Administrative Support | 121 | 27 | 94 | 112 | 21 | 91 | 9 | 6 | 3 |