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Community college · Public

Chaffey College

Rancho Cucamonga, CA11,228 online only

Chaffey College is a public community college in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, with about 9,404 students on campus and 11,228 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.

Students on campus
9,404
plus 11,228 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$5,672
tuition and fees $1,184; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
36%
lower than at 83% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,975
higher than at 56% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Chaffey College

Most of Chaffey College’s students study online

About 11,228 students take classes only online, against 9,404 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 undergraduates are Hispanic

65% of Chaffey 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.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

18,132 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 12%Hispanic 65%Black 6%Asian 8%Two or more 3%

Women and men

Women 60%Men 40%
25 : 1
students per teacher
29%
get Pell grants (lower income)
0%
take federal loans
35%
undergrads 25 or older
62%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Chaffey College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $14,451 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $11,120

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,184Books & supplies $1,062Other costs $12,205

After grants, the average family on aid pays $5,672.

Tuition and fees are $1,184 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

$7,498

About $14,996 over 2 years · 48% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
36%
within 3 years · Pell students 36%
Come back for year two
69%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,975
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

35%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 29% 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
$41k
Middle income$30–75k
$48k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Business 18%Liberal arts 16%Health professions 8%Psychology 7%Communication 5%Computer science 5%Everything else 41%

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 Operations392 graduates a year
$59k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities354 graduates a year
$47k4 yrs out
Biological and Physical Sciences202 graduates a year
$50k4 yrs out
Psychology, General197 graduates a year
$41k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections129 graduates a year
$50k4 yrs out
Sociology108 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services89 graduates a year
—not reported
Communication and Media Studies86 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Rancho Cucamonga

9% of Rancho Cucamonga’s 177,856 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Rancho Cucamonga pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Chaffey 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.