Napa Valley College
Public Community College in Napa, CA. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $49,517.
Ten years after entry, the median Napa Valley College student earns $49,517 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $10,147, 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 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 72% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. 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 51% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,205 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,587 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($12,795 versus $20,165), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 57% of students receive grant aid, averaging $3,737 — common but not automatic. Only 1% 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 · 348 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 | $12,795 |
| $30–48k | $13,380 |
| $48–75k | $16,099 |
| $75–110k | $18,041 |
| $110k+ | $20,165 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 24 of these 3,205 students, totalling $166,684 — an average of $6,945 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Napa 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)