Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$14,666
$11,966
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$5,146
$2,851
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$13,738
$14,056
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
MiraCosta College
Foothill College
Under $30,000
$5,018
$3,067
$30,000–$48,000
$3,857
$499
$48,000–$75,000
$6,625
$1,100
$75,000–$110,000
$10,211
$8,600
Over $110,000
$11,765
$9,926
After you start
Measure
MiraCosta College
Foothill College
Undergrads
10,278
11,137
Graduate within 6 years
41%
60%
Come back for year two
91%
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Median earnings 10 years after starting
$49,887
$64,467
Median debt at graduation
$9,000
$10,500
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