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Glendale Community College

Glendale, CA3,515 online only

Glendale Community College is a public community college in Glendale, CA, with about 7,661 students on campus and 3,515 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
7,661
plus 3,515 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$8,365
tuition and fees $1,191; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 81% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,540
higher than at 52% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Glendale Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $17,501 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $10,935

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,191Books & supplies $1,062Other costs $15,248

After grants, the average family on aid pays $8,365.

Tuition and fees are $1,191 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

$9,747

About $19,494 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
37%
within 3 years · Pell students 41%
Come back for year two
73%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,540
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$8,972
about $95 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.5%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$95 a month against about $2,699 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

57%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 70% 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
$50k
Higher incomeover $75k
$54k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Business 21%Liberal arts 21%Social sciences 14%Health professions 8%Biology 5%Psychology 4%Everything else 27%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Business Administration, Management and Operations197 graduates a year
$55k4 yrs out
Social Sciences, General114 graduates a year
—not reported
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences104 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General81 graduates a year
$40k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General62 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing56 graduates a year
$99k4 yrs out
Fine and Studio Arts48 graduates a year
—not reported
Communication and Media Studies47 graduates a year
$29k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

10,509 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 56%Hispanic 28%Black 3%Asian 7%Two or more 2%International 2%

Women and men

Women 52%Men 48%
28 : 1
students per teacher
38%
get Pell grants (lower income)
3%
take federal loans
40%
undergrads 25 or older
42%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Glendale

8% of Glendale’s 187,160 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Glendale pages.

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Straight-line distances from Glendale Community 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.