unitid 121044 · Pasadena, CA · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Pasadena City College
- enrollment 2023
- 30,357
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
21,466
99th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
53rd pctl among public 2-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
76th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$13,677
33rd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$3,864
after aid, aided students
13th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,937
after entry, Title IV students
81st pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$6,651
9th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $3,051 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k63%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $18,768
- First-generation students
- 56%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,180
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 6.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 1,359 | $49,797 | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 835 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 754 | $56,767 | $5,681 |
| Psychology, General. | 204 | $41,258 | $12,000 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General. | 198 | $64,323 | — |
| Economics. | 176 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 79 | — | — |
| Mathematics. | 71 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 68 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 68 | $101,040 | $12,834 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 67 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 66 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.