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Cañada College

⌖ Redwood City, CA · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

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The reported institution-wide average net price is below DegreeVerdict’s reliability floor for national payoff comparisons.

A very low average may be valid for some students, but using it as a universal price can create an unstable or extreme ROI.

Not availableModeled economic break-even

Not availableModeled 10-year ROI

$60,180Observed earnings · year 5

Not availableMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff

The reported price remains visible below, but it is not used for a published college-wide ROI.

A QUICK READ

What the numbers say about Cañada College

What does Cañada College cost?

Cañada College reports an average annual net price of $32 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.

What do Cañada College graduates earn?

The observed median earnings figure is $60,180 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.

How much federal debt do Cañada College graduates have?

Median federal debt for completer borrowers is not reportable in the current record.

Is every degree at Cañada College worth the same?

No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 3 field-and-credential outcomes at Cañada College; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.

PAYOFF CURVE

No payoff curve is shown.

The reported institution-wide average net price is below DegreeVerdict’s reliability floor for national payoff comparisons.

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$1,332

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$11,384

Sticker price

Average net price$32

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$9,087

Tuition + living budget

COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Main award level: Associate degrees
Campus setting: Suburban
Admissions: Open admission
Delivery: Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation: No special designation reported

Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$32Average net price / year

$9,087Cost of attendance

Not availableMedian federal student debt · completer borrowers

Not availablePublished 10-year payment estimate

$60,180Median earnings · year 5 after completion

46.8%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

5,175Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30kNot available

$30–48kNot available

$48–75k$2,393

$75–110k$4,004

$110k+Not available

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$60,180

Year 6$42,044

Year 10$50,087

Full-time retention: 69.1%
Part-time retention: 35.4%
Completion within 200% of normal time: 53.9%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS

Outcomes are not the same for every family.

These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.

Pell Grant students52%

Complete within 150% of the expected time

36% received a Pell Grant within eight years

Parent borrowingNot available

Median Parent PLUS debt

Borrower count not reported

First-generation studentsNot available

Median federal student debt

48% making progress in repayment after three years

Three-year repayment progress

Lower income37%

Middle incomeNot reported

Higher incomeNot reported

Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

80thEarnings percentile

33thCompletion percentile

WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$73,129Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$15,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt

100%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$85,021Year 1

$65,945Year 4

$60,180Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$123,616 2Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$73,129 3Psychology, General · Associate's Degree$67,015

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $123,616 reported+89%vs same-degree national median$15,000federal debt 2Psychology, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $67,015 reported+71%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt 3Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree · $73,129 reported+50%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt	2023–24 awards
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	Associate's Degree	$123,616	$15,000	Not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations	Associate's Degree	$73,129	Not available	Not reported
Psychology, General	Associate's Degree	$67,015	Not available	Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.