10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Madera, California
Madera Community College
Madera Community College is a public institution in Madera, 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.
- $4,179
- Avg net price / yr
- 33.8%
- 150%-time completion
Rural: Fringe
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Madera 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, 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
55/100
Madera 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 N/A
N/A
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$4,179
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
33.8%
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
$4,179
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
33.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 33.8%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Madera 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.
Quick Facts
4,808
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
33.8%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Madera 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 | Madera Community College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average net price | $4,179 | #31 of 495 | 94th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 33.8% | #429 of 483 | 11th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 4,808 | #133 of 553 | 76th |
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 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Madera Community College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$4,071 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$2,876 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$4,991 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Madera Community College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $1,378 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $8,638 |
| Average Net Price | $4,179 |
20.0%
Pell Grant Rate
0.3%
Federal Loan Rate
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 33.8% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Similar Reported Net Price
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Madera Community College cost? ▼
The average net price at Madera Community College is $4,179. In-state tuition is $1,378 and out-of-state tuition is $8,638.
What is the graduation rate at Madera Community College? ▼
Madera Community College has a 33.8% 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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