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