Lassen Community College
Public Community College in Susanville, CA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $35,994.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,994 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years.
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
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 31% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 57% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 42% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,564 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,406 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 $9,781 at the $0–30k band to $20,228 at $110k+. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $2,559 — common but not automatic. 2% 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 · 140 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 | $9,781 |
| $30–48k | $11,394 |
| $48–75k | $14,119 |
| $75–110k | $19,797 |
| $110k+ | $20,228 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 38 of these 1,564 students, totalling $222,175 — an average of $5,847 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lassen 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)