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Community college · Public

Sierra College

Rocklin, CA6,739 online only

Sierra College is a public community college in Rocklin, CA, with about 10,681 students on campus and 6,739 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
10,681
plus 6,739 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,245
tuition and fees $1,446; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
42%
lower than at 76% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$45,294
higher than at 61% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Sierra College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

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

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $17,002 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees (in state) $1,446Room & board $13,631Books & supplies $1,792

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,245.

Tuition and fees are $1,446 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

$9,663

About $19,326 over 2 years · 43% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
42%
within 3 years · Pell students 42%
Come back for year two
72%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$45,294
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,500
about $111 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

3.8%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$111 a month against about $2,921 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

32%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 22% 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
$42k
Middle income$30–75k
$53k
Higher incomeover $75k
$55k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 24%Social sciences 16%Business 13%Interdisciplinary 9%Psychology 7%Public safety 5%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).

Social Sciences, General537 graduates a year
$45k4 yrs out
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General533 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences508 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General330 graduates a year
$35k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations272 graduates a year
$69k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities120 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections107 graduates a year
—not reported
Biology, General76 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

14,122 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 53%Hispanic 24%Black 3%Asian 9%Two or more 8%

Women and men

Women 53%Men 47%
25 : 1
students per teacher
22%
get Pell grants (lower income)
2%
take federal loans
24%
undergrads 25 or older
54%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Rocklin

8% of Rocklin’s 76,821 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Rocklin pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

William Jessup UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Rocklin
4.8 mi1,181 students
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10 mi4,187 students
American River CollegeCommunity college · Public · North Highlands
12.2 mi16,940 students
Chamberlain University-CaliforniaUniversity or college · For-profit · Rancho Cordova
13.9 mi654 students
Carrington College-SacramentoUniversity or college · For-profit · Rosemont · mostly online
18.4 mi991 students
California State University-SacramentoUniversity or college · Public · Sacramento
19.7 mi29,083 students
Sacramento City CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sacramento · mostly online
22.9 mi8,001 students
Cosumnes River CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sacramento · mostly online
26 mi7,142 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.