Chaffey College
Public Community College in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $42,975.
Students who entered Chaffey College land at a median of $42,975 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 36% graduate within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 47% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 25:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 15,952 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,809 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,529 at $0–30k, $11,905 at $110k+. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,308 — common but not automatic. 1% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,927 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $4,529 |
| $30–48k | $4,666 |
| $48–75k | $7,498 |
| $75–110k | $9,485 |
| $110k+ | $11,905 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 88 of these 15,952 students, totalling $509,128 — an average of $5,786 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Bernardino County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)