Citrus College
Public Community College in Glendora, CA. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $42,065.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,065 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 41%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,851. It also moves people — 2.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 41% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 43% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 24:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,126 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,607 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $3,221 at the $0–30k band to $12,665 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 64% of students at an average of $5,473. 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 · 1,236 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 | $3,221 |
| $30–48k | $3,341 |
| $48–75k | $5,996 |
| $75–110k | $9,029 |
| $110k+ | $12,665 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 113 of these 8,126 students, totalling $730,177 — an average of $6,462 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles 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)