Los Angeles
Valley College
Public Community College in Valley Glen, CA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $42,678.
Ten years after entry, the median Los Angeles Valley College student earns $42,678 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 32% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,500 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 32% graduate within six years. A 28:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body runs to 15,733, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 12,470 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,550 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $11,225 while those at $110k+ pay $20,546. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,103 — 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 · 960 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 | $11,225 |
| $30–48k | $11,772 |
| $48–75k | $14,650 |
| $75–110k | $17,117 |
| $110k+ | $20,546 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 248 of these 12,470 students, totalling $1,820,137 — an average of $7,339 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