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Community college · Public

Ohlone College

Fremont, CA2,861 online only

Ohlone College is a public community college in Fremont, CA, with about 5,514 students on campus and 2,861 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
5,514
plus 2,861 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$11,130
tuition and fees $1,202; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
52%
lower than at 66% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$54,278
higher than at 77% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Ohlone College

Rent in Fremont is above the state median

Median rent in Fremont is $2,933 a month, 44% above the state median. Living in Fremont ↓

Most students study part-time

58% 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

7,099 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 14%Hispanic 26%Black 3%Asian 42%Two or more 6%International 4%

Women and men

Women 48%Men 52%
26 : 1
students per teacher
13%
get Pell grants (lower income)
1%
take federal loans
29%
undergrads 25 or older
58%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Ohlone College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $21,254 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,714

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,202Books & supplies $2,000Other costs $18,052

After grants, the average family on aid pays $11,130.

Tuition and fees are $1,202 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

$13,105

About $26,210 over 2 years · 38% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
52%
within 3 years · Pell students 60%
Come back for year two
74%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$54,278
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

40%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 39% 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
$51k
Middle income$30–75k
$61k
Higher incomeover $75k
$71k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Social sciences 33%Business 23%Math & statistics 7%Computer science 6%Health professions 5%Communication 3%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, General454 graduates a year
$59k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General103 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations81 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences57 graduates a year
—not reported
Economics48 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General38 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing32 graduates a year
—not reported
Mathematics30 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Fremont

6% of Fremont’s 226,442 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Fremont pages.

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Nearby

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

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11.4 mi2,372 students
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11.8 mi8,951 students
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12.6 mi8,955 students

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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.