Modesto Junior College
Modesto Junior College is a public community college in Modesto, CA, with about 10,825 students on campus and 6,327 more studying only online.
Modesto Junior College, in brief
Modesto Junior College is nearly free for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $1,658 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $4,809, and those over $110,000 pay about $8,681. What it costs ↓
Most students study part-time
62% 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 ↓
Most undergraduates are Hispanic
58% of Modesto Junior College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. 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.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $11,487 a year
Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,264
After grants, the average family on aid pays $2,818.
Tuition and fees are $1,282 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
About $9,618 over 2 years · 58% off the sticker price
How hard is it to get into Modesto Junior College?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Modesto Junior College is likely test-optional.
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
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
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
The students
15,109 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
Living in Modesto
7% of Modesto’s 219,652 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Modesto pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Modesto Junior College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
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.