San Diego
Miramar College
Public Community College in San Diego, CA. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $48,224.
Students who entered San Diego Miramar College land at a median of $48,224 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 49%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $6,750, 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 0.14 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 12% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 47% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,740 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,066 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $1,358 at the $0–30k band to $11,600 at $110k+. About 50% get grants averaging $4,354, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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 · 670 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 | $1,358 |
| $30–48k | $1,662 |
| $48–75k | $6,284 |
| $75–110k | $10,379 |
| $110k+ | $11,600 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 76 of these 10,740 students, totalling $437,289 — an average of $5,754 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Diego 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)