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Oxnard College

Oxnard, CA3,338 online only

Oxnard College is a public community college in Oxnard, CA, with about 3,573 students on campus and 3,338 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
3,573
plus 3,338 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$0
tuition and fees $1,426; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
34%
lower than at 85% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,393
higher than at 52% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Oxnard College, in brief

Oxnard College is free for most lower-income families

On average, grants cover the full cost for families earning under $30,000, so they pay nothing. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay nothing, and those over $110,000 pay about $7,143. What it costs ↓

Most undergraduates are Hispanic

77% of Oxnard College’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓

Most students study part-time

73% 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 ↓

Oxnard College focuses on liberal arts

44% of the degrees Oxnard College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, interdisciplinary studies, is 11%. Majors ↓

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 · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $9,437 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $9,615

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,426Books & supplies $1,062Other costs $6,949

After grants, the average family on aid pays $0.

Tuition and fees are $1,426 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

$0

About $0 over 2 years · 100% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Oxnard College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
34%
within 3 years · Pell students 35%
Come back for year two
76%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,393
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

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).

Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 44%Interdisciplinary 11%Health professions 9%Mechanic & repair 6%Social sciences 4%Business 4%Everything else 22%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities508 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences324 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations84 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology60 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General59 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services43 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management41 graduates a year
—not reported
Economics38 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

6,240 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 11%Hispanic 77%Black 2%Asian 5%Two or more 4%

Women and men

Women 53%Men 47%
28 : 1
students per teacher
37%
get Pell grants (lower income)
1%
take federal loans
27%
undergrads 25 or older
73%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Oxnard

6% of Oxnard’s 199,651 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Oxnard pages.

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Nearby

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Straight-line distances from Oxnard 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.