unitid 121901 · Riverside, CA · public 2-year · city (large)
Riverside City College
- enrollment 2023
- 28,081
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
18,346
98th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
64th pctl among public 2-years
completion
37%
finish within 150% time
47th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$16,911
71st pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$8,377
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$41,091
after entry, Title IV students
67th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$8,000
18th 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 $6,931 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
- 0-30k56%
- 30-48k25%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $19,200
- First-generation students
- 56%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,428
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.1× 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. | 1,344 | $36,916 | $9,317 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 493 | $50,093 | $8,712 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 338 | — | $5,500 |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 177 | — | $11,424 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 175 | $33,750 | $8,046 |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services. | 171 | $14,817 | $7,736 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 166 | $107,743 | $11,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 159 | — | $5,500 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | 139 | $30,076 | $8,932 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 92 | $40,644 | — |
| Sociology. | 84 | — | $11,500 |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians. | 76 | — | — |
— 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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Compare with peers
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.