Copper Mountain
Community College
Public Community College in Joshua Tree, CA. Six-year graduation rate 20%. Median 10-year earnings $33,281.
Students who entered Copper Mountain Community College reach a median of $33,281 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 20% graduate within six years. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.9% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
- ! Graduation rate 20% — below national average
Academics
Only 20% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. 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 37% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,090 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,827 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,655 at $0–30k against $14,499 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 82% of students at an average of $5,586. Only 4% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 74 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 | $8,655 |
| $30–48k | $9,875 |
| $48–75k | $10,383 |
| $75–110k | $14,499 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 46 of these 1,090 students, totalling $336,255 — an average of $7,310 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)