College of the Sequoias

Overview

Rankings

• #1 Most Affordable Colleges in California
• #1 Most Affordable Hispanic-Serving Institutions
• #1 Most Affordable Online Colleges
• #17 Best Online Colleges in California
• #20 Best Vocational & Technical Schools

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into College of the Sequoias? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

College of the Sequoias, located in Visalia, California, enrolls students across a range of programs. The graduation rate is roughly 36%.

Retention Rate

71%

Full-Time Faculty

49%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$12,605

Student–Faculty Ratio

28:1

Diversity Index

0.44

First-Gen Students

57%

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend College of the Sequoias? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at College of the Sequoias is $9,038, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $480. For the lowest-income families, those earning under $30,000, need-based grants can fully cover tuition, leaving little or nothing to pay out of pocket. The median graduate leaves with about $4,500 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$1,394

Out-of-State

$9,038

Avg Net Price

$480

Median Debt

$4,500

Pell Grant Rate

35%

Federal Loan Rate

1%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at College of the Sequoias — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is College of the Sequoias Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of College of the Sequoias report median earnings of $39,092, a figure worth comparing against the cost of attendance before enrolling.

6 Years After Entry

$31,439

8 Years

$35,581

10 Years

$39,092

Debt-to-Earnings

0.12x

Earning > $25K

40%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does College of the Sequoias Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

College of the Sequoias is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 2.53%, among the highest in the country. Access is a real strength here. Roughly 21.8% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile, a high share that gives low-income students a real foothold. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 11.6% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $51,500, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

2.53%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

11.6%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

21.8%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$69,970

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is College of the Sequoias? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs above average at College of the Sequoias. Its economic connectedness score is 1.00, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (0.01), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 3% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.00

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

0.01

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

3.2%

Support Ratio

0.96

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Investment Income

$566,755

Top Programs

The fields College of the Sequoias awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Humanities 39%
• Health Professions 9% $94,205 early-career
• Mechanic & Repair Tech 5%
• Criminal Justice 4% $28,342 early-career
• Business & Marketing 4%
• Psychology 4% $15,115 early-career
• Construction Trades 3%
• Visual & Performing Arts 2%

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.