South Coast College
For-profit College in Orange, CA. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $44,897.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $44,897 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 17% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $20,938 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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 17% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 17% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 241 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,637 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,390 at $0–30k, $18,982 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 56% of students at an average of $5,935. Most students borrow — 93% 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 · 4 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 | $17,390 |
| $30–48k | $11,637 |
| $48–75k | $18,982 |
| $75–110k | $25,025 |
| $110k+ | $18,982 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 223 of these 241 students, totalling $1,740,937 — an average of $7,807 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)