by our College Data Analytics TeamHere’s the full picture on paying for San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno, including attendance costs, projected four- and two-year degree costs, average net price, debt outcomes, and how aid is distributed across income levels.
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Net price reflects the true cost to attend after grant and scholarship aid is deducted. It is usually a better planning number than the sticker cost above.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $25,656.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $23,045.00 |
What families actually pay shifts with income, since need-based grants are larger for lower-income students. Here is the average net price for each family-income range:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $22,458.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $23,021.00 |
| $48,001 to $75,000 | $23,238.00 |
| $75,001 to $110,000 | $26,054.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $27,937.00 |
Use San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno Net Price Calculator, or visit the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the financial aid page.
Median graduate debt at San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno stands at $9,773.00, categorized as a Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden bucket.
Here’s how debt at graduation distributes across borrowers:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $3,920.00 |
| 25th | $9,474.00 |
| Median (50th) | $9,773.00 |
| 75th | $19,977.00 |
| 90th | $20,000.00 |
The 10th-to-90th-percentile spread is one signal of how variable debt outcomes are across the student body.
Dig deeper into debt on the student loan debt detail.
Debt at graduation is far from uniform across income levels. The table below divides borrowers into three income tiers:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $10,118.00 |
| Middle income | $9,500.00 |
| High income | $9,500.00 |
Borrowers from lower-income families leave school with $618.00 more debt than their high-income peers.
First-gen students typically face different financial-aid contexts than students whose parents attended college.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $9,699.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $10,574.00 |
The Pell Grant is the main federal need-based award for undergraduates. Contrasting Pell and non-Pell borrowers shows how need shapes debt.
The Pell-versus-non-Pell median debt difference at San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno works out to $359.00. This school carries a federal Pell-debt-inequity flag.
The default-rate classification at San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 18.6% |
For scale, federal Stafford loan disbursements at San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno add up to $888,709,612.00 covering 66,770 loan recipients.
Veteran and active-military students often access dedicated federal aid programs including the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 26 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $14,022.00 |
Explore GI Bill and military aid in detail on the college veterans page.
The figures above are a starting point — as you weigh San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno, the questions below are worth your time:
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Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.