Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$24,021
$35,822
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$15,389
$21,767
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$23,885
$30,623
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Rio Hondo College
San Diego Mesa College
Under $30,000
$15,603
$21,890
$30,000–$48,000
$13,377
$14,214
$48,000–$75,000
$16,166
$22,073
$75,000–$110,000
$18,896
$25,039
Over $110,000
$19,477
$35,822
After you start
Measure
Rio Hondo College
San Diego Mesa College
Undergrads
15,684
16,098
Graduate within 6 years
27%
34%
Come back for year two
100%
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Median earnings 10 years after starting
$48,362
$50,947
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
$5,225
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