Public · Community college

Mt San Jacinto Community College District

San Jacinto, California · Midsize suburb

8%
Transfer rate
$6,806
Avg net price
36%
Grad / completion
$38,319
Median earnings

Mt San Jacinto Community College District is a public associate-granting institution in San Jacinto, California (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 15,259 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicLarge · 15,259 undergradsMidsize suburbCCCAA

About San Jacinto, California

San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The Luiseño were the original inhabitants of what later would be called the San Jacinto Valley, having many villages with residents. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
45 miles
Nearest airport
25 miles to San Bernardino (SBD) · major hub

How Mt San Jacinto Community College District compares

Graduation rate36%

Higher than 20% · #327 of 382 in California

First-year retention63%

Higher than 29%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,319

Higher than 61% · #169 of 326 in California

Average net price$6,806

Cheaper than 83% · #61 cheapest of 377 in California

Student–faculty ratio32 : 1

Lower than 4%

Undergraduate enrollment15,259

Larger than 98%

Percentiles compare Mt San Jacinto 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

15,259undergrads
  • Women9,30361%
  • Men5,95639%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White21%
  • Black5.7%
  • Hispanic52%
  • Asian7.3%
  • Other or multiracial14%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
15,259
Student–faculty ratio
32 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
35%
First-generation students
52%
Students over 25
31%
Median family income
$17,826
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$92,025
Endowment
$5,202,008

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 3,749 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From California98%
  • Other U.S. states0.7%
  • International1.4%

Most first-years stay in state — Mt San Jacinto Community College District draws overwhelmingly from California.

1% 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
$1,448
Out-of-state tuition
$12,728
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,062
Total cost of attendance
$14,257
Average net price
$6,806

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
36%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
8%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$31,078
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$38,319
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
1%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
26%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
36%
First-generation
6%

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
245 (144 men · 101 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 (9)

Football84
Baseball26
Basketball26
Softball25
Soccer21
Tennis17
Volleyball17
Beach Volleyball17
Golf12

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
1
Property offenses (2022–2024)
17

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (17,627 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.

6.0reported offenses a year
0.3 violent a year5.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
4.0
Motor vehicle theft
1.7
Aggravated assault
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
$6,012
$30–48k
$5,945
$48–75k
$7,839
$75–110k
$10,021
$110k+
$11,595

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?

Mt San Jacinto 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)
$38,319
Typical debt at graduation
Debt vs. one year's pay
Out-earn a HS grad
38%
Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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
$34,639
Men
$44,620

Men out-earn women by $9,981 (29%) 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
96°F
Winter low
39°F
Annual rain
12.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.42.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, San Jacinto, CA US station (0.8 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.