Downey Adult School
Public Community College in Downey, CA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $46,851.
Students who entered Downey Adult School land at a median of $46,851 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. 27% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 30:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 1,605 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,605 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,695 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,340 at $0–30k against $16,194 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 35% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price.
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 · 659 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 | $13,340 |
| $30–48k | $14,301 |
| $48–75k | $16,194 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
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