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Community college · Public

Folsom Lake College

Folsom, CA6,027 online only

Folsom Lake College is a public community college in Folsom, CA, with about 4,187 students on campus and 6,027 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.

Students on campus
4,187
plus 6,027 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,975
tuition and fees $1,288; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
44%
lower than at 74% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,568
higher than at 55% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Folsom Lake College

Most of Folsom Lake College’s students study online

About 6,027 students take classes only online, against 4,187 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓

Most students study part-time

76% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

9,414 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 46%Hispanic 23%Black 4%Asian 15%Two or more 8%

Women and men

Women 55%Men 45%
29 : 1
students per teacher
16%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
33%
undergrads 25 or older
76%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Folsom Lake College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Folsom Lake College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,901 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $12,616

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,288Books & supplies $1,152Other costs $11,461

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,975.

Tuition and fees are $1,288 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$7,747

About $15,494 over 2 years · 44% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
44%
within 3 years · Pell students 37%
Come back for year two
73%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,568
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

36%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 31% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$39k
Middle income$30–75k
$52k
Higher incomeover $75k
$59k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 31%Social sciences 19%Business 10%Interdisciplinary 8%Health professions 6%Psychology 4%Everything else 23%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Social Sciences, General251 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences159 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations138 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General103 graduates a year
—not reported
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General101 graduates a year
—not reported
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities94 graduates a year
$45k4 yrs out
Economics66 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer Science39 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Folsom

6% of Folsom’s 91,983 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Folsom pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Folsom Lake College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.