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Moreno Valley College

Moreno Valley, CA · 8 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$179,892 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

79.1 yrsModeled economic break-even
−87%Modeled 10-year ROI
$47,604Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$179,892at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$205,9320
2
4
6
8
−$179,89210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 79.1 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$1,428
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$12,498
Sticker price
Average net price$6,483
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$15,934
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Main award level
Associate degrees
Campus setting
Suburban
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$6,483Average net price / year
$15,934Cost of attendance
Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers
Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate
$47,604Median earnings · year 5 after completion
33.6%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
9,346Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$5,506
$30–48k$5,731
$48–75k$7,767
$75–110k$10,797
$110k+$12,174
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$47,604
Year 6$31,830
Year 10$52,133
Full-time retention
62.0%
Part-time retention
40.4%
Completion within 200% of normal time
39.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

56thEarnings percentile
16thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$57,717Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$11,167Median federal debt across categories that report debt
75%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$41,141Year 1
$53,204Year 4
$47,604Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$89,8122Fire Protection · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,9233Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$65,7604Biological and Physical Sciences · Associate's Degree$62,3315Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$57,7176Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,4087Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$46,4198Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,085

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$89,812Not available179
Fire ProtectionUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,923Not available37
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, OtherUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$65,760$14,119Not reported
Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate's Degree$62,331Not availableNot reported
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$57,717Not availableNot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$54,408Not available63
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$46,419$11,167Not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,085Not available44

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.