Victor Valley College
Public Community College in Victorville, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $36,119.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,119, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. On economic mobility, 2.1% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
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
Academics
Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Part-time students actually return at a higher rate, 97%, which is unusual and suggests the school is built for them. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 17,227 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $1,947 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($0 versus $7,049), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $5,615, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 1,442 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 | $0 |
| $30–48k | $0 |
| $48–75k | $2,046 |
| $75–110k | $6,130 |
| $110k+ | $7,049 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3 of these 17,227 students, totalling $12,250 — an average of $4,083 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (San Bernardino 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)