Public · Community college

Victor Valley College

Victorville, California · Large suburb

10%
Transfer rate: $1,947
Avg net price: 62%
Grad / completion: $36,119
Median earnings

Victor Valley College is a public associate-granting institution in Victorville, California (large suburb setting), enrolling 4,210 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,210 undergradsLarge suburbCCCAA

About Victorville, California

Victorville is a city in the Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California. In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called "Lane's Crossing." For many years it provided shelter and supplies for people journeying across the desert from the east to San Bernardino. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 35 miles to Riverside, CA
To the ocean: 70 miles
Nearest airport: 26 miles to San Bernardino (SBD) · major hub

How Victor Valley College compares

#98 · Cheapest Community Colleges

Graduation rate62%

Higher than 51% · #216 of 382 in California

First-year retention71%

Higher than 46%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,119

Higher than 53% · #200 of 326 in California

Average net price$1,947

Cheaper than 98% · #9 cheapest of 377 in California

Student–faculty ratio23 : 1

Lower than 18%

Undergraduate enrollment4,210

Larger than 90%

Percentiles compare Victor Valley College 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

Women2,53060%
Men1,68040%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White12%
Black6.3%
Hispanic64%
Asian0.9%
Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 4,210
Student–faculty ratio: 23 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 56%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 31%
Median family income: $14,660
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $104,553

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 2,876 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From California96%
Other U.S. states3.6%

Most first-years stay in state — Victor Valley College draws overwhelmingly from California.

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: $1,425
Out-of-state tuition: $10,125
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,080
Total cost of attendance: $8,974
Average net price: $1,947

Outcomes

Graduated: 62%
First-year retention: 71%
Transferred to another college: 10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $30,153
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,119
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 13%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

62%

First-generation

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: 271 (195 men · 76 women)

Varsity sports (9)

Football74

Soccer48

Wrestling38

Baseball34

Basketball27

Cross Country17

Softball13

Volleyball11

Golf9

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): 6
Property offenses (2022–2024): 3

Reported offenses in an average year

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

3.0reported offenses a year

2.0 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling

1.7

Motor vehicle theft

1.0

Robbery

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

$30–48k

$48–75k

$2,046

$75–110k

$6,130

$110k+

$7,049

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,023

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,023. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 1,138 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $36,119
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 35%

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

$31,109

Men

$43,794

Men out-earn women by $12,685 (41%) 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: 97°F
Winter low: 35°F
Annual rain: 7.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hesperia 2E, CA US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Victor Valley College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

987 grads$21k 1 yr— 5 yr$8k debt

987$21,383—$7,550 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

502 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

502———Biological and Physical SciencesAssoc.

383 grads$27k 1 yr$70k 5 yr$9k debt

383$26,780$69,526$9,205 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

277 grads$17k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$9k debt

277$17,383$38,344$9,469 Fire ProtectionCert.

170 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

170———Psychology, GeneralAssoc.

119 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

119———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCert.

116 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

116———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

107 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

107———Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

106 grads$50k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

106$49,729——Psychology, GeneralCert.

77 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

77———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

74 grads$32k 1 yr$53k 5 yr— debt

74$31,600$52,752—Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssoc.

61 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

61———

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.