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Citrus College

Glendora, California·Public, 2-year·Far West·citruscollege.edu
Acceptance
Open admission
—
6-yr Graduation
41%
—
Total enrollment
10,429
peer median 17,333
Avg net price
$4,135
-$2.1k vs Community College
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About

Citrus College is a public community college in Glendora, California. The Citrus Community College District, which supports the institution, includes the communities of Azusa, Claremont, Duarte, Glendora and Monrovia.

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
41%
Full-time retention
70%

Pell equity

5.7pp gap
Pell recipients
38%153 of 403
Non-Pell (all)
44%207 of 474
No Federal Aid
44%207 of 474

Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 93 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 91 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
93
Passing
2
2.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

93programs
  • Passing2 · 2.2%
  • No Data91 · 97.8%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
2
No data
91

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

2
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+31.6%
$47,500 vs $36,082
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+206.8%
$110,694 vs $36,082

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accredited since 1952Next review Oct 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 7

  1. Feb 2023Removal of Monitoring Status
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  2. Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  3. Feb 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
  4. Jan 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  5. Jul 2020Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$3,221
$30–48k$3,341
$48–75k$5,996
$75–110k$9,029
$110k+$12,665

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$4,135
-$2,067vs Community College median $6,202
Federal loans
1.2%
In-state tuition
$1,204
Out-of-state
$10,636

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 4,155 students received $19.9M in Pell grants, alongside $1.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
4,155
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$19.9M
$19,907,098 total
Direct Loans
$1.1M
299 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

4k
’20
3k
’21
4k
’22
4k
’23
4k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$454K
154 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$579K
139 loan awards
Parent PLUS$73K
6 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 194 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (4.1%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.1%
+1.8pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
194
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
10.0%
2017
4.3%
2018
11.1%
2019
4.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Citrus College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs115
UndergraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,289 total completions
01Business
28722.3%
02Health Professions
18514.4%
03Psychology
16813.0%
04Social Sciences
15411.9%
05Visual/Performing Arts
14110.9%
06Security/Protective
1118.6%
07Parks/Recreation
705.4%
08Family/Consumer Sci
624.8%
09Computer Sciences
614.7%
10Mathematics
503.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
10,429
12-mo unduplicated
15,816
Undergraduate
15,816
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
44%6,905
Women
56%8,911

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
66.8%
White
14.4%
Asian
8.2%
Black
3.7%
Two or more
3.5%
Non-resident
1.9%
Unknown
1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
340
237 M · 103 W
Women athletes
30.3%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$3.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$60K
$46K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Football
106 M · —
$408K
Soccer
40 M · 21 W
$394K
Baseball
40 M · —
$249K
Water Polo
14 M · 19 W
$138K
Basketball
17 M · 12 W
$371K
Softball
— · 23 W
$91K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.40
4 offenses · 9,915 students

3-year trend

0.102 yrs ago0.301 yr ago0.40Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
8
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
4

By location

4total
  • On campus4

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs10
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
24.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
135

Citrus College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Citrus College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectCitrus College
41%Open admission10,429$4,135Community College
Bergen Community College
—Open admission11,720$10,345Community College
Blinn College District
—Open admission18,095$10,844Community College
Cerritos College
—Open admission21,859$2,424Community College
Chaffey College
—Open admission22,460$5,672Community College
College of the Sequoias
—Open admission14,494$480Community College
Community College of Philadelphia
—Open admission12,926$11,911Community College
Community College of Rhode Island
—Open admission12,275$6,513Community College
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
—Open admission20,123$4,976Community College
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
—Open admission14,494$6,120Community College
Diablo Valley College
—Open admission17,228$8,312Community College
El Camino Community College District
—Open admission21,664$5,968Community College
El Paso Community College
—Open admission25,567$3,206Community College
Fullerton College
—Open admission19,521$6,134Community College
Georgia State University-Perimeter College
—90.8%17,437$11,453Community College
Glendale Community College
—Open admission12,075$8,365Community College
Grossmont College
—Open admission14,440$5,311Community College
Long Beach City College
—Open admission24,985$6,202Community College
Merced College
—Open admission12,472$5,040Community College
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
—Open admission13,523$8,398Community College
Moorpark College
—Open admission14,583$0 or lessCommunity College
Nassau Community College
—Open admission12,301$7,095Community College
Orange Coast College
—Open admission17,096$7,203Community College
Pasadena City College
—Open admission24,597$3,864Community College
Riverside City College
—Open admission21,730$8,377Community College
Santa Barbara City College
—Open admission12,334$11,315Community College
Southwestern College
—Open admission20,986$12,671Community College
Suffolk County Community College
—Open admission19,973$5,258Community College
Tarrant County College District
—Open admission43,928$4,337Community College
Wake Technical Community College
—Open admission24,609$8,759Community College
Peer group median41%90.8%17,333$6,202

Institutions like Citrus College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Citrus College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Citrus College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness
Email
irpe [at] citruscollege.edu
Phone
626-852-8002
Address
CI 144, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora, CA 91741

The institutional research, planning and effectiveness (IRPE) office supports the college's mission by providing data and analysis mostly related to program reviews in instruction, academic support and student services programs; the identification of measurable outcomes; and benchmarking progress toward longstanding institutional priorities and commitments.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Lan Hao, Ph.D.
    Director of IRPE

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Citrus College (8)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Sheryl Cooper
  • Darian Cowgill
  • Hussein Farrah Aidid
  • Arnold H. Green
  • Ryan Hampton
    Athletics
  • Gabrial McNair
  • Christy Opara-Thompson
  • Amy Rutberg

Frequently asked questions about Citrus College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Citrus College.

What is the acceptance rate at Citrus College?

Citrus College does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution has an open admission policy: it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements, so it does not report a selective admit rate.

What is the graduation rate at Citrus College?

Citrus College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 41% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Citrus College?

Citrus College reports a total enrollment of 10,429 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Citrus College?

The average net price at Citrus College is $4,135 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Citrus College located?

Citrus College is located in Glendora, California 91741-1899.

Who runs Institutional Research at Citrus College?

Citrus College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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