West Coast University-Ontario
For-profit College in Ontario, CA. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $102,672.
Students who entered West Coast University-Ontario reach a median of $102,672 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is the weak point: 39% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $32,946 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention of 89% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,647 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $47,368 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Net price varies modestly by income — $45,911 at $0–30k against $50,601 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 54% of students at an average of $7,517. Most students borrow — 87% 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 · 9 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 | $45,911 |
| $30–48k | $46,861 |
| $48–75k | $50,048 |
| $75–110k | $53,706 |
| $110k+ | $50,601 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,308 of these 2,647 students, totalling $22,334,526 — an average of $9,677 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)