Feather River
Community College District
Public Community College in Quincy, CA. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $38,142.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,142 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,750.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
42% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,574 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,941 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $8,995 at the $0–30k band to $19,090 at $110k+. Most students get help: 87% receive grants worth $2,633 on average. 7% 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 · 133 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 | $8,995 |
| $30–48k | $9,599 |
| $48–75k | $13,963 |
| $75–110k | $8,826 |
| $110k+ | $19,090 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 108 of these 1,574 students, totalling $601,732 — an average of $5,572 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Plumas 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)