Mt San
Jacinto Community College District
Public Community College in San Jacinto, CA. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $38,319.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,319 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
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
Academics
Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 63% — 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. The part-time picture is harder: 40% return, against 63% full-time. At 32:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 14,859 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,449 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,012 at $0–30k against $11,595 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 70% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,183 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 1% 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 · 1,964 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 | $6,012 |
| $30–48k | $5,945 |
| $48–75k | $7,839 |
| $75–110k | $10,021 |
| $110k+ | $11,595 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 154 of these 14,859 students, totalling $1,150,556 — an average of $7,471 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)