San Joaquin
Valley College-Hesperia
For-profit Community College in Hesperia, CA. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $38,317.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,317 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 63% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $10,674, 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 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 63% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 31:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 736 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $25,140 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,159 at $0–30k, $30,880 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $4,466. Borrowing is widespread: 80% 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 · 328 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 | $25,159 |
| $30–48k | $24,859 |
| $48–75k | $26,016 |
| $75–110k | $29,866 |
| $110k+ | $30,880 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 586 of these 736 students, totalling $3,618,793 — an average of $6,175 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Bernardino County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026