Public · Community college

Antelope Valley Community College District

Lancaster, California · Large suburb

6%
Transfer rate
$3,860
Avg net price
34%
Grad / completion
$36,526
Median earnings

Antelope Valley Community College District is a public associate-granting institution in Lancaster, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 11,534 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 11,534 undergradsLarge suburbCCCAACold winters

About Lancaster, California

Lancaster is a charter city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States. Antelope Valley, the area where Lancaster is now located, was home to the Paiute tribe at the time of first contact with Europeans. Originally founded as the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery in 1986, the MOAH operates four sites within the city, serving the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, and parts of Kern and San Bernardino Counties. The museum contains over 10,000 art pieces about Southern California. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To the ocean
49 miles
Nearest airport
34 miles to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR) · major hub

How Antelope Valley Community College District compares

Graduation rate34%

Higher than 19% · #334 of 382 in California

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,526

Higher than 54% · #194 of 326 in California

Average net price$3,860

Cheaper than 95% · #25 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$12,500

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment11,534

Larger than 97%

Percentiles compare Antelope Valley Community College District with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

11,534undergrads
  • Women6,78959%
  • Men4,74541%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White12%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic65%
  • Asian3.4%
  • Other or multiracial5.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
11,534
Student–faculty ratio
23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
42%
First-generation students
56%
Students over 25
31%
Median family income
$13,661
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$101,196
Endowment
$8,625,036

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$1,124
Out-of-state tuition
$9,548
Room & board
Books & supplies
$900
Total cost of attendance
$12,931
Average net price
$3,860

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
34%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$28,110
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,526
Median debt at graduation
$12,500
Students with federal loans
4%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
14%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
34%
First-generation
14%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
CCCAA
Varsity athletes
313 (230 men · 83 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (10)

Soccer74
Football73
Baseball52
Basketball29
Volleyball29
Golf14
Softball14
Track and Field (Outdoor)13
Tennis9
Cross Country6

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
14

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (13,532 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

5.3reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year4.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
2.7
Burglary
1.7
Rape
0.7
Arson
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$3,012
$30–48k
$3,161
$48–75k
$5,619
$75–110k
$8,237
$110k+
$8,678

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Antelope Valley Community College District funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$36,526
Typical debt at graduation
$12,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
34%
Out-earn a HS grad
34%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$32,676
Men
$42,729

Men out-earn women by $10,053 (31%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
98°F
Winter low
30°F
Annual rain
6.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°70°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.00.91.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lancaster WM J Fox Fld, CA US station (4.7 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.