10-yr median earnings
$34,963
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Ridgecrest, California
Cerro Coso Community College
Cerro Coso Community College is a public institution in Ridgecrest, California. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $18,306
- Avg net price / yr
- $34,963
- 10-yr median earnings
- 25.5%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Cerro Coso Community College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 32nd pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 25.5%
- 150%-time completion
- +19%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Fringe
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Cerro Coso Community College profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
F
College Value Score
30/100
Cerro Coso Community College
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$34,963
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$18,306
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
25.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$18,306
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
25.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 25.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Cerro Coso Community College vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Cerro Coso Community College ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Cerro Coso Community College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$34,963 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Cerro Coso Community College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $34,963 | #3458 of 5103 | 32nd |
| Average net price | $18,306 | #2745 of 5020 | 45th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 25.5% | #4505 of 4858 | 7th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 3,171 | #1046 of 5462 | 81st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
3,171
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
25.5%
150%-time completion
$34,963
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Cerro Coso Community College ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Cerro Coso Community College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $34,963 | #371 of 493 | 25th |
| Average net price | $18,306 | #226 of 495 | 54th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 25.5% | #471 of 483 | 2nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 3,171 | #155 of 553 | 72nd |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 371 | Cerro Coso Community CollegeThis school | $34,963 | $18,306 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Cerro Coso Community College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$18,595 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$13,761 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$17,054 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Cerro Coso Community College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $1,384 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $11,254 |
| Average Net Price | $18,306 |
15.5%
Pell Grant Rate
1.4%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Cerro Coso Community College swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $5,413 to $10,364 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +12.3%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$5,413
Highest year
$10,364
Most recent (2023)
$6,078
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $5,4132023 · $6,078
Over the same years, enrollment went -13.2% (4,029 → 3,496 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
66.5%
Female
51.3%
First Generation
Outcomes
$29,462
Median Earnings (6yr)
39.2%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 25.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $29,462 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $34,963 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 39.2% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Cerro Coso Community College? ▼
Cerro Coso Community College is a public institution in Ridgecrest, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 3,171 students.
How much do Cerro Coso Community College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Cerro Coso Community College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $34,963 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $29,462.
How much does Cerro Coso Community College cost? ▼
The average net price at Cerro Coso Community College is $18,306. In-state tuition is $1,384 and out-of-state tuition is $11,254.
What is the graduation rate at Cerro Coso Community College? ▼
Cerro Coso Community College has a 25.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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