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Lemoore College

Lemoore College is a public institution in Lemoore, 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.

$10,832
Avg net price / yr
$40,292
10-yr median earnings
44.3%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Lemoore College posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

49th pct.
former-student earnings, US
44.3%
150%-time completion
+11%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Fringe Carnegie: Associate's
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Lemoore 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-Mixed Traditional/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

C-
College Value Score
51/100
Lemoore 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 D
$40,292
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B
$10,832
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
44.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B+
$9,500
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
35.0%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Lemoore College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$40,292

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$10,832

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

44.3%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 44.3%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Lemoore College vs peers

Lemoore College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Lemoore College positioned by earnings vs cost Carnegie Classification: Associate's Associate's COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $29K $42K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $2K $29K Avg Net Price ($) Lemoore College (you are here): $40K earn · $11K net · 44% grad You are here - Lemoore College Palo Verde College: $36K earn · $19K net · 24% grad Palo Verde College Taft College: $39K earn · $3K net · 28% grad Taft College Cerro Coso Community College: $35K earn · $18K net · 25% grad Cerro Coso Communi… Woodland Community College: $40K earn · $8K net · 40% grad Woodland Community… Compton College: $34K earn · $13K net · 29% grad Compton College Lake Tahoe Community College: $37K earn · $9K net · 43% grad San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia: $38K earn · $28K net · 35% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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 Lemoore 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.

Lemoore College: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$40,292 49th percentile higher than 49% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

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 Lemoore College National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $40,292 #2624 of 5103 49th
Average net price $10,832 #1279 of 5020 75th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 44.3% #3353 of 4858 31st
Undergraduate enrollment 3,373 #1001 of 5462 82nd

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

3,373
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
44.3%
150%-time completion
$40,292
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Lemoore College ranks in California

State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Lemoore College State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $40,292 #268 of 493 46th
Average net price $10,832 #116 of 495 77th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 44.3% #358 of 483 26th
Undergraduate enrollment 3,373 #151 of 553 73rd

Highest former-student earnings in California

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Samuel Merritt University$143,238-
2Harvey Mudd College$138,687$35,924
3California Institute of Technology$128,566$16,075
4Stanford University$124,080$13,807
5Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health$115,318-
6Gnomon$114,785$51,949
7Santa Clara University$109,183$50,062
8Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University$109,183-
9Touro University California$104,805-
10Claremont McKenna College$104,736$28,849
11West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$102,672$32,879
12West Coast University-Ontario$102,672$49,590
268Lemoore CollegeThis school$40,292$10,832

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Lemoore College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Lemoore College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $1,384
Out-of-State Tuition $10,954
Average Net Price $10,832
43.2%
Pell Grant Rate
1.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,500
Median Debt
$101/mo
Monthly Payment

2013–2023: what Lemoore College costs has stayed close to flat

Average net price moved +14.5% over 10 years, from $6,950 to $7,961 in nominal dollars. The median college measured over the same span moved +14.6%.

Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $6,9502014: $6,3982015: $7,4942016: $8,4292017: $8,4112018: $7,5942019: $7,4242020: $9,2762021: $10,6692022: $9,9772023: $7,961
2013 · $6,9502023 · $7,961

Over the same years, enrollment went -15.2% (3,799 → 3,223 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

64.3%
Female
61.0%
First Generation

Outcomes

$36,417
Median Earnings (6yr)
47.2%
Earning Over $25K
35.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 44.3%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $36,417
Median earnings 10 years after entry $40,292
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 47.2%
Loan repayment rate Completers, 3 years after leaving 35.0%
Median federal student debt At completion $9,500
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $101/mo

Programs & Earnings

Field-of-study summary by credential

Credential Programs Award count Avg earnings Top earnings Avg debt
Associate's 10 493 $51,676 $110,533 -
Certificate 3 633 $46,733 $74,390 -

Top programs at Lemoore College by completer earnings

Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file

median earnings

What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's 38 $110,533 -
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Certificate - $74,390 -
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Associate's - $71,896 -
Mathematics Associate's 8 $54,006 -
Public Health Associate's - $49,765 -
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's 61 $47,196 -
Business Administration, Management and Operations Associate's 52 $43,706 -
Psychology, General Associate's 69 $37,572 -
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's 237 $35,399 -
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Certificate 360 $34,843 -
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other Associate's - $34,303 -
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Associate's 28 $32,382 -
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Certificate 273 $30,966 -

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Lemoore College?
Lemoore College is a public institution in Lemoore, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 3,373 students.
How much do Lemoore College former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Lemoore College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $40,292 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $36,417.
How much does Lemoore College cost?
The average net price at Lemoore College is $10,832. In-state tuition is $1,384 and out-of-state tuition is $10,954. Median student debt at graduation is $9,500.
What is the graduation rate at Lemoore College?
Lemoore College has a 44.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Lemoore College worth the student debt?
The median student debt at Lemoore College is $9,500, while former students earn a median of $40,292 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 24% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 35.0% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $101.

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.

Where to go next from Lemoore College

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