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Compton College

Community collegePublicCompton, CAwww.compton.edu ↗

Compton College is a public community college in Compton, CA, with about 3,330 students on campus and 1,435 more studying only online. the average family on aid pays $12,647 a year, and 27% of students graduate.

Students on campus
3,330
4,765 undergrad · 1,435 online only
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$12,647
costs less than 82% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
27%
higher than 7% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$34,181
higher than 30% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Compton College?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Compton College is likely test-optional.
What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $20,447 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,822
Tuition & fees (in state) $1,142Books & supplies $1,062Other costs $18,243

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships
Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

3,142 degree-seeking undergrads
White 2%Hispanic 52%Black 37%Asian 2%Two or more 4%

Women and men

undergraduates
Women 62%Men 38%
17 : 1students per teacher
27%get Pell grants (lower income)
36%undergrads 25 or older
67%study part time
Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Associate degree programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities347 graduates a year
—not reported
Biological and Physical Sciences88 graduates a year
—not reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing44 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections33 graduates a year
—not reported
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services22 graduates a year
—not reported
Psychology, General22 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations21 graduates a year
—not reported
Sociology14 graduates a year
—not reported
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
27%
within 3 years · Pell students 26%
Come back for year two
50%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$34,181
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
—

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

The town around it

Living in Compton

6% of Compton’s 92,698 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Compton pages.

$1,664/momedian rent · 18% below the stateHousing in Compton → $580,200median home value · 21% below the stateHousing in Compton → 47° / 82°January low / July highClimate in Compton →

Other colleges within 30 miles

California State University-Dominguez Hills 2.8 mi Healthcare Career College 3.5 miCharles R Drew University of Medicine and Science 3.8 mi National Polytechnic College 4 miUEI College-Gardena 4.6 miAmerica Evangelical University 5 miUniversal Technical Institute-Southern California 5.2 miLong Beach City College 5.2 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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 are for students who received federal aid.

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