Los Angeles
Trade Technical College
Public Community College in Los Angeles, CA. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $35,233.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,233, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 35% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 35% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 32% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 26:1 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 10,165 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,154 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,716 versus $17,270), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 67% get grants averaging $4,468, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 2% 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 · 937 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 | $11,716 |
| $30–48k | $12,210 |
| $48–75k | $14,008 |
| $75–110k | $16,399 |
| $110k+ | $17,270 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 160 of these 10,165 students, totalling $1,179,676 — an average of $7,373 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)