Public · Community college

Yuba College

Marysville, California · Midsize suburb

9%
Transfer rate: $2,576
Avg net price: 40%
Grad / completion: $39,552
Median earnings

Yuba College is a public associate-granting institution in Marysville, California (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 4,779 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,779 undergradsMidsize suburbCCCAA

About Marysville, California

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States, located in the Gold Country region of Northern California. Marysville is located on the ancestral land of the Maidu, who occupied the area for 10,000 years prior to the arrival of Jedediah Smith and trappers from the Hudson Bay Company in 1828, who were the first non-natives to explore the area. Built in 1855, the Gothic revival residence was one of the first brick structures in the area. The home was designed by Warren P. Miller and is on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 38 miles to Sacramento, CA
To the ocean: 68 miles
Nearest airport: 30 miles to Sacramento (SMF) · major hub

How Yuba College compares

#7 · Cheapest Community Colleges

Graduation rate40%

Higher than 25% · #301 of 382 in California

First-year retention62%

Higher than 27%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$39,552

Higher than 67% · #149 of 326 in California

Average net price$2,576

Cheaper than 97% · #15 cheapest of 377 in California

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment4,779

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Yuba 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

Women2,76358%
Men2,01642%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White29%
Black2.9%
Hispanic43%
Asian14%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 4,779
Student–faculty ratio: 21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 30%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 28%
Median family income: $18,504
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $137,961

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 776 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From California98%
Other U.S. states1.4%
International0.9%

Most first-years stay in state — Yuba College 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: $1,128
Out-of-state tuition: $8,208
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,080
Total cost of attendance: $11,496
Average net price: $2,576

Outcomes

Graduated: 40%
First-year retention: 62%
Transferred to another college: 9%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,030
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $39,552
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 1%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 30%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free
Athletics: CCCAA
Varsity athletes: 200 (144 men · 56 women)

Varsity sports (7)

Football68

Soccer32

Baseball28

Track and Field (Outdoor)24

Basketball23

Softball16

Volleyball9

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 9

Reported offenses in an average year

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

3.0reported offenses a year

0 violent a year3.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

1.3

Motor vehicle theft

1.3

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

$3,766

$30–48k

$3,175

$48–75k

$4,452

$75–110k

$8,849

$110k+

$713

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

$975

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 1% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $975. 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 358 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): $39,552
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

$34,658

Men

$46,602

Men out-earn women by $11,944 (34%) 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: 38°F
Annual rain: 20.1″
Annual snow: 8.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Marysville Yuba CO AP, CA US station (2.3 mi from campus).

What Yuba College graduates study — and earn

Biological and Physical SciencesAssoc.

478 grads— 1 yr$49k 5 yr— debt

478—$49,231—Social Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

472 grads— 1 yr$43k 5 yr— debt

472—$43,112—Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

450 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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

384 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

384———Biology, GeneralAssoc.

245 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

245———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

157 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr— debt

157—$41,929—Psychology, GeneralAssoc.

149 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

149———Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

120 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr— debt

120—$41,799—Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

115 grads$117k 1 yr$133k 5 yr$9k debt

115$117,283$132,809$8,729 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

98 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

98———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

73 grads$62k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

73$62,350——Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssoc.

72 grads— 1 yr$23k 5 yr— debt

72—$23,037—

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.