Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$16,086
$24,021
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$5,954
$15,389
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$13,596
$23,885
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Modesto Junior College
Rio Hondo College
Under $30,000
$5,917
$15,603
$30,000–$48,000
$5,079
$13,377
$48,000–$75,000
$5,853
$16,166
$75,000–$110,000
$10,841
$18,896
Over $110,000
—
$19,477
After you start
Measure
Modesto Junior College
Rio Hondo College
Undergrads
15,109
15,684
Graduate within 6 years
26%
27%
Come back for year two
71%
100%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$45,551
$48,362
Median debt at graduation
$3,375
$9,500
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