San Jacinto
Community College
Public Community College in Pasadena, TX. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $43,062.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,062 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 30% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards. On economic mobility, 2.6% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 31,494 undergraduates, this is a large institution — expect the administrative scale and the range of offerings that come with it.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 23,070 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,397 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,868 at $0–30k versus $20,279 at $110k+. Only 45% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Only 3% 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 · 4,164 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 | $10,868 |
| $30–48k | $11,807 |
| $48–75k | $14,027 |
| $75–110k | $15,970 |
| $110k+ | $20,279 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 604 of these 23,070 students, totalling $3,706,828 — an average of $6,137 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harris 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)