unitid 125028 · Ventura, CA · public 2-year · city (midsize)
Ventura College
- enrollment 2023
- 16,174
- predominant degree
- Associate's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
10,150
92nd pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
26%
undergrads on Pell grants
35th pctl among public 2-years
completion
38%
finish within 150% time
53rd pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$9,306
2nd pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$-982
after aid, aided students
0th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,430
after entry, Title IV students
80th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$13,876
90th 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 $-1,913 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
- 0-30k51%
- 30-48k26%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $22,348
- First-generation students
- 57%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $1,426
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.1× 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. | 1,207 | $39,467 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 828 | — | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences. | 432 | $60,750 | — |
| Biology, General. | 211 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 183 | $51,276 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 150 | $36,518 | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 124 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 109 | $41,434 | — |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. | 98 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 69 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 61 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 61 | $33,564 | — |
— 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.