Moreno Valley College
Public Community College in Moreno Valley, CA. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $52,133.
Students who entered Moreno Valley College land at a median of $52,133 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 34% 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 34% — below national average
Academics
Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 29:1 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 8,292 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,780 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,506 at $0–30k, $12,174 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 65% of students at an average of $3,435. 1% 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 · 689 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 | $5,506 |
| $30–48k | $5,731 |
| $48–75k | $7,767 |
| $75–110k | $10,797 |
| $110k+ | $12,174 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 79 of these 8,292 students, totalling $576,085 — an average of $7,292 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside 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)