10-yr median earnings
$39,552
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Marysville, California
Yuba College
Yuba College is a public institution in Marysville, 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.
- $2,576
- Avg net price / yr
- $39,552
- 10-yr median earnings
- 36.0%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Yuba College posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 46th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 36.0%
- 150%-time completion
- +23%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Midsize
Carnegie: Associate's
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Yuba 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 Career & Technical-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
D
College Value Score
49/100
Yuba 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
$39,552
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$2,576
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
36.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
40.0%
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
$2,576
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
36.0%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 36.0%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Yuba 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 Yuba 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.
Yuba College: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$39,552 46th percentile higher than 46% 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 | Yuba College | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $39,552 | #2768 of 5103 | 46th |
| Average net price | $2,576 | #93 of 5020 | 98th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 36.0% | #3897 of 4858 | 20th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 4,779 | #778 of 5462 | 86th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
4,779
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
36.0%
150%-time completion
$39,552
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Yuba College ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Yuba College | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $39,552 | #300 of 493 | 39th |
| Average net price | $2,576 | #16 of 495 | 97th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 36.0% | #405 of 483 | 16th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 4,779 | #135 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 |
| 300 | Yuba CollegeThis school | $39,552 | $2,576 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Yuba College
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$3,766 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$3,175 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$4,452 net price / yr
- $110k+ $713
$110k+
$713 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Yuba College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $1,128 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $8,208 |
| Average Net Price | $2,576 |
30.3%
Pell Grant Rate
0.9%
Federal Loan Rate
Yuba College costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $6,014 to $3,573 (-40.6%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $6,0142023 · $3,573
Over the same years, enrollment went -32.1% (6,345 → 4,311 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
57.8%
Female
58.4%
First Generation
Outcomes
$32,030
Median Earnings (6yr)
39.2%
Earning Over $25K
40.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 36.0% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $32,030 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $39,552 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 39.2% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 40.0% |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 7 | 832 | $58,692 | $116,142 | - |
| Certificate | 2 | 451 | $56,269 | $79,313 | - |
Top programs at Yuba College by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Registered Nursing, Nursin…
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
$116,142 median earnings
- Criminal Justice and Corre…
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$79,313 median earnings
- Biological and Physical Sc…
Biological and Physical Sciences
$59,650 median earnings
- Business Administration, M…
Business Administration, Management and Operations
$54,236 median earnings
- Criminal Justice and Corre…
Criminal Justice and Corrections
$47,478 median earnings
- Social Sciences, General $43,965
Social Sciences, General
$43,965 median earnings
- Human Development, Family … $33,225
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
$33,225 median earnings
- Psychology, General $30,678
Psychology, General
$30,678 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.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's | 57 | $116,142 | - |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Certificate | 109 | $79,313 | - |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Associate's | 271 | $59,650 | - |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Associate's | 82 | $54,236 | - |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Associate's | 55 | $47,478 | - |
| Social Sciences, General | Associate's | 269 | $43,965 | - |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Certificate | 342 | $33,225 | - |
| Psychology, General | Associate's | 93 | $30,678 | - |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services | Associate's | 5 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Yuba College? ▼
Yuba College is a public institution in Marysville, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 4,779 students.
How much do Yuba College former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Yuba College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $39,552 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $32,030.
How much does Yuba College cost? ▼
The average net price at Yuba College is $2,576. In-state tuition is $1,128 and out-of-state tuition is $8,208.
What is the graduation rate at Yuba College? ▼
Yuba College has a 36.0% 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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