Shasta College
Public Community College in Redding, CA. Six-year graduation rate 23%. Median 10-year earnings $39,269.
Students who entered Shasta College reach a median of $39,269 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 23% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $14,250, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 23% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 23% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 28:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,536 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,289 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,107 at $0–30k against $8,861 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $7,015. 5% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 477 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 | $2,107 |
| $30–48k | $2,654 |
| $48–75k | $5,373 |
| $75–110k | $11,157 |
| $110k+ | $8,861 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 258 of these 5,536 students, totalling $1,789,627 — an average of $6,937 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shasta 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)