San Joaquin
Valley College-Fresno
For-profit Community College in Fresno, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $38,317.
Students who entered San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno reach a median of $38,317 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,674.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 28:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 770 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,186 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,537 at $0–30k, $31,315 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $4,984. Most students borrow — 64% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 248 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 | $25,537 |
| $30–48k | $24,302 |
| $48–75k | $25,445 |
| $75–110k | $30,467 |
| $110k+ | $31,315 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 490 of these 770 students, totalling $3,271,098 — an average of $6,676 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fresno County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026