Los Angeles
City College
Public Community College in Los Angeles, CA. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $36,190.
Students who entered Los Angeles City College reach a median of $36,190 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 29% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,750, a light load against those earnings.
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 29% — below national average
Academics
Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. 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. Retention drops to 27% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 30:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,857 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,836 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($9,814 versus $14,784), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 67% get grants averaging $4,273, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 5% of students.
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 · 737 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 | $9,814 |
| $30–48k | $10,076 |
| $48–75k | $11,783 |
| $75–110k | $14,784 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 596 of these 10,857 students, totalling $5,079,604 — an average of $8,523 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)