North-West College-Riverside
For-profit College in Riverside, CA. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $39,876.
Ten-year median earnings of $39,876 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 72% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Median debt at graduation is $9,500, 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 38:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. The undergraduate body is just 1,137, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,137 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $31,312 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($32,657 versus $30,144), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 67% of students at an average of $4,540. Borrowing is widespread: 73% take federal loans.
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 · 444 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 | $32,657 |
| $30–48k | $33,143 |
| $48–75k | $33,434 |
| $75–110k | $35,126 |
| $110k+ | $30,144 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 835 of these 1,137 students, totalling $5,949,153 — an average of $7,125 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