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Oxnard College

Public Community College in Oxnard, CA. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $41,393.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Oxnard College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$41,393
Graduation rate
34.2%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Oxnard College reach a median of $41,393 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags
  • ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
76%
Transfer-out rate
7%
Student:faculty
28:1

Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 39% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The 28:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$1,085
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
75%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
1%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,059 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Average net price is $1,085 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $-1,855 while those at $110k+ pay $7,143. About 75% get grants averaging $5,677, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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.

% receiving grants
95%
Average grant
$8,183

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 705 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 $-1,855
$30–48k $-2,442
$48–75k $-631
$75–110k $4,704
$110k+ $7,143

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 45 of these 6,059 students, totalling $307,830 — an average of $6,841 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Ventura County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,998/mo
1 bedroom
$2,250/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,693/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate Oxnard College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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