Private for-profit · Community college

InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield

Fairfield, California · Midsize suburb

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Transfer rate: $21,536
Avg net price: 71%
Grad / completion: $36,089
Median earnings

InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Fairfield, California (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 183 undergradsMidsize suburbNear the coast

About Fairfield, California

Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Solano County, California, United States, in the North Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. A clipper ship captain from Fairfield, Connecticut, named Robert H. Waterman, parceled out the town in 1856. He entered Fairfield in the race for Solano County seat in 1858, and won it from Benicia. Recreation facilities and parks include Community Center, Adult Recreation Center, the Allan Witt Aquatics and Sports Complex, Dunnell Nature Park and Education Center, Laurel Creek Neighborhood Center, and Mankas Neighborhood Center. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 35 miles to San Francisco, CA
To the ocean: 8 miles
Nearest airport: 17 miles to Buchanan Field (CCR)

How InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield compares

Graduation rate71%

Higher than 64% · #154 of 382 in California

First-year retention92%

Higher than 84%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,089

Higher than 52% · #201 of 326 in California

Average net price$21,536

Cheaper than 27% · #211 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$10,313

Lower than 44%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment183

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield 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

Women6234%
Men12166%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White9.8%
Black21%
Hispanic52%
Asian4.9%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 183
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 48%
Median family income: $13,238

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $21,536

Outcomes

Graduated: 71%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $39,249
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,089
Median debt at graduation: $10,313
Students with federal loans: 72%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 19%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

71%

Low-income (Pell)

66%

First-generation

68%

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

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

$20,120

$30–48k

$20,488

$48–75k

$21,467

$75–110k

$24,136

$110k+

$26,136

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?

InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield 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): $36,089
Typical debt at graduation: $10,313
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 36%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 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

$29,411

Men

$40,967

Men out-earn women by $11,556 (39%) 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: 90°F
Winter low: 40°F
Annual rain: 24.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Fairfield, CA US station (4.3 mi from campus).

What InterCoast Colleges-Fairfield graduates study — and earn

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

102 grads$40k 1 yr$47k 5 yr$12k debt

102$40,101$46,523$11,725 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

21 grads$38k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$10k debt

21$38,137$45,750$9,500 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

19 grads$28k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$10k debt

19$27,880$37,075$9,500 Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.