San Joaquin
Valley College-Visalia
For-profit College in Visalia, CA. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $38,317.
Students who entered San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia reach a median of $38,317 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 37% graduate within six years. 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)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. At 28:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit. This is a for-profit four-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. 3,787 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,569 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,525 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,500 versus $33,040), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 57% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,941 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 62% 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 · 926 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 | $27,500 |
| $30–48k | $27,639 |
| $48–75k | $28,682 |
| $75–110k | $31,013 |
| $110k+ | $33,040 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,209 of these 3,569 students, totalling $16,464,828 — an average of $7,454 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulare 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)