Los Angeles
Pierce College
Public Community College in Woodland Hills, CA. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $44,521.
Ten years after entry, the median Los Angeles Pierce College student earns $44,521 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,936 — modest by four-year standards.
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)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 46% finish inside six years. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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. Retention drops to 40% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 30:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 13,029 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,469 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: $12,626 at $0–30k, $18,929 at $110k+. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,350 — common but not automatic. Only 3% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 1,461 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 | $12,626 |
| $30–48k | $12,371 |
| $48–75k | $14,565 |
| $75–110k | $17,337 |
| $110k+ | $18,929 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 394 of these 13,029 students, totalling $3,254,397 — an average of $8,260 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)