Public · Community college

College of the Siskiyous

Weed, California · Distant rural

26%
Transfer rate
$11,120
Avg net price
33%
Grad / completion
$39,098
Median earnings

College of the Siskiyous is a public associate-granting institution in Weed, California (distant rural setting), enrolling 1,190 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,190 undergradsDistant ruralCCCAACold wintersSnowy

About Weed, California

Weed is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States. In 1897, Abner Weed bought the Siskiyou Lumber and Mercantile Mill and 280 acres (110 hectares) of land in what is now the city of Weed, for $400. John Steinbeck's novella-play Of Mice and Men begins with the protagonists, George and Lennie, fleeing a farm they worked at in Weed after Lennie got into trouble. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant rural
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
186 miles to Eugene, OR
To the ocean
87 miles
Nearest airport
63 miles to Redding (RDD)

How College of the Siskiyous compares

Graduation rate33%

Higher than 16% · #347 of 382 in California

First-year retention48%

Higher than 9%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,098

Higher than 66% · #153 of 326 in California

Average net price$11,120

Cheaper than 66% · #102 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$10,750

Lower than 37%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment1,190

Larger than 75%

Percentiles compare College of the Siskiyous 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

1,190undergrads
  • Women58249%
  • Men60851%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White57%
  • Black2.9%
  • Hispanic19%
  • Asian2.0%
  • Other or multiracial19%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,190
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
37%
Median family income
$18,710
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$84,402
Endowment
$1,446,651

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 322 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From California93%
  • Other U.S. states3.1%
  • International3.7%

Most first-years stay in state — College of the Siskiyous draws overwhelmingly from California.

4% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$1,444
Out-of-state tuition
$9,394
Room & board
$9,456
Books & supplies
$1,268
Total cost of attendance
$17,725
Average net price
$11,120

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
33%
First-year retention
48%
Transferred to another college
26%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$34,686
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$39,098
Median debt at graduation
$10,750
Students with federal loans
7%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
33%
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
Yes
Dorm capacity
153
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
13%
Housing charge (year)
$4,750
Meal plan (year)
$4,600
Application fee
Free
Athletics
CCCAA
Varsity athletes
234 (166 men · 68 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 (8)

Football70
Soccer42
Baseball35
Basketball31
Track and Field (Outdoor)16
Softball15
Volleyball14
Beach Volleyball11

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)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,575 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.

0.7reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.7

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
$9,816
$30–48k
$7,489
$48–75k
$12,443
$75–110k
$14,567
$110k+
$17,725

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?

College of the Siskiyous 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)
$39,098
Typical debt at graduation
$10,750
Debt vs. one year's pay
27%
Out-earn a HS grad
35%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 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
$33,450
Men
$43,683

Men out-earn women by $10,233 (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
85°F
Winter low
28°F
Annual rain
37.6″
Annual snow
89.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.36.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, MT Shasta, CA US station (6.3 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.