Las Positas College
Public Community College in Livermore, CA. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $51,088.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $51,088 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 53% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 53% finish inside six years. 81% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. 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. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 46% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,766 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,669 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,020 at $0–30k, $4,692 at $110k+. Only 43% 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 · 1,062 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 | $3,020 |
| $30–48k | $4,332 |
| $48–75k | $6,674 |
| $75–110k | $9,975 |
| $110k+ | $4,692 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 21 of these 6,766 students, totalling $140,648 — an average of $6,698 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Alameda 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)