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Yuba College

Public Community College in Marysville, CA. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $39,552.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Yuba College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$39,552
Graduation rate
39.8%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Yuba College reach a median of $39,552 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
62%
Transfer-out rate
9%
Student:faculty
21:1

Only 40% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Retention drops to 44% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$4,973
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
65%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
1%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,311 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $4,973 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 ($3,766 versus $713), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 65% get grants averaging $5,047, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 1% 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.

% receiving grants
93%
Average grant
$6,403

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 370 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 $3,766
$30–48k $3,175
$48–75k $4,452
$75–110k $8,849
$110k+ $713

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 51 of these 4,311 students, totalling $408,209 — an average of $8,004 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Yuba County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,166/mo
1 bedroom
$1,272/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,550/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
158
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Yuba College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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