Norco College
Public Community College in Norco, CA. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $51,206.
Students who entered Norco College land at a median of $51,206 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish.
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
Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 72% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Retention drops to 35% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 29:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,359 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,534 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($3,600 versus $10,617), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 62% of students at an average of $2,818.
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 · 697 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 | $3,600 |
| $30–48k | $4,614 |
| $48–75k | $6,577 |
| $75–110k | $9,984 |
| $110k+ | $10,617 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 37 of these 8,359 students, totalling $269,832 — an average of $7,293 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)