Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$12,047
$16,086
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$759
$5,954
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$11,988
$13,596
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Cypress College
Modesto Junior College
Under $30,000
$759
$5,917
$30,000–$48,000
—
$5,079
$48,000–$75,000
—
$5,853
$75,000–$110,000
—
$10,841
After you start
Measure
Cypress College
Modesto Junior College
Undergrads
13,354
15,109
Graduate within 6 years
35%
26%
Come back for year two
—
71%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$50,380
$45,551
Median debt at graduation
$10,300
$3,375
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers
