San Joaquin
Valley College-Temecula
For-profit Community College in Temecula, CA. Six-year graduation rate 82%. Median 10-year earnings $38,317.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,317, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate of 82% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,674 — modest by four-year standards.
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)
- ✓ Graduation rate 82% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 82% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 88% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. 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. At 1,050 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,050 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,743 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,787 versus $30,114), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 54% of students at an average of $4,799. Borrowing is widespread: 64% 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 · 374 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 | $24,787 |
| $30–48k | $24,986 |
| $48–75k | $25,365 |
| $75–110k | $28,343 |
| $110k+ | $30,114 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 667 of these 1,050 students, totalling $4,429,494 — an average of $6,641 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026