Evergreen Valley College
Public Community College in San Jose, CA. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $53,077.
Students who entered Evergreen Valley College land at a median of $53,077 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 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 $13,219.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 41% finish inside six years. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 29% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 27:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,670 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,186 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,410 at $0–30k, $19,104 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 65% of students at an average of $3,561.
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 · 644 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 | $11,410 |
| $30–48k | $10,576 |
| $48–75k | $14,670 |
| $75–110k | $17,607 |
| $110k+ | $19,104 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 28 of these 7,670 students, totalling $225,892 — an average of $8,068 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Santa Clara 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)