Ventura Adult
and Continuing Education
Public College in Ventura, CA. Median 10-year earnings $38,232.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,232 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Graduates leave owing a median of $3,920 — 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 0.10 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 4:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate body is just 163, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 163 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,242 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,761 at $0–30k against $10,892 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 91% of students receive it, averaging $4,471. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 7% of students.
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 · 55 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 | $9,761 |
| $30–48k | $9,847 |
| $48–75k | $10,892 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 11 of these 163 students, totalling $58,466 — an average of $5,315 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ventura 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)