Riverside City College
Riverside, California
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 18,346 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 69 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 30 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 47 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 182 finishedGraduates here earned $31,021 a year after finishingNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $25,899 a year after finishingNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 42 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 74 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 29 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 97 finishedGraduates here earned $21,353 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 73 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,761
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 119 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 103 finishedGraduates here earned $37,693 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 242 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 45 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $74,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 171 finishedGraduates here earned $100,365 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 62 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (72)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $32,528
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Architectural Sciences and TechnologyAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $47,589
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finished
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 54 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 359 finishedGraduates here earned $30,630 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 26 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 47 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 324 finishedGraduates here earned $38,905 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $58,916
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 30 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $40,381
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 44 finishedNationally: $33,346
- DanceAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $23,873
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $22,567
- EconomicsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $42,934
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificateNationally: $45,889
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 29 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,339
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,478
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 50 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $40,792
- Foods, Nutrition, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $25,749
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geography and CartographyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $45,792
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 31 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $27,878
- HistoryAssociate degree · 36 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,008
- International BusinessCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $59,091
- International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
- JournalismAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Leatherworking and UpholsteryCertificate · 1 finished
- Leatherworking and UpholsteryAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,068 finishedGraduates here earned $32,147 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $31,627
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 39 finishedNationally: $36,826
- MusicCertificate · 13 finishedNationally: $27,777
- MusicAssociate degree · 32 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Non-Professional Legal StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,993
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,648
- PhysicsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $35,965
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 31 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 171 finishedGraduates here earned $25,105 a year afterNationally: $30,994
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $28,590
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 19 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Real EstateCertificate · 41 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $41,894
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,090
- SociologyAssociate degree · 64 finishedGraduates here earned $22,814 a year afterNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 78 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 111 finishedNationally: $32,424
- Teaching Assistants/AidesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $23,489
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $26,742
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $24,678per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $34,590sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $1,428Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 1%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 41%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,9106 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,95610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Riverside City College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.
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