InterCoast Colleges-West Covina
For-profit College in West Covina, CA. Six-year graduation rate 97%. Median 10-year earnings $36,089.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,089, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate of 97% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $10,313, a light load against those earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.7% 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 97% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 97% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 86%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 622 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 622 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,081 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $27,218 at $0–30k against $31,201 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $10,687. Borrowing is widespread: 74% take federal loans.
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 · 573 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 | $27,218 |
| $30–48k | $28,962 |
| $48–75k | $28,520 |
| $75–110k | $29,968 |
| $110k+ | $31,201 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 461 of these 622 students, totalling $5,530,000 — an average of $11,996 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)