Rio Hondo College
About
Río Hondo College is a public community college in Whittier, California. Founded in 1960, it is named after the Rio Hondo and mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte. Río Hondo College offers 30 associate degrees for transfer that guarantee transfer to California State Universities, 60 associate degrees and 127 certificates. Rio Hondo offers on-campus, online, and off-campus courses to all of its students. It is the first community college in California offering a bachelor's degree in Automotive Technology. Rio Hondo also offers a Pathway to Law School program to one of six top California law schools.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at Rio Hondo College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Rio Hondo College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Rio Hondo College selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectRio Hondo College | 25% | — | 17,441 | $11,903 | Baccalaureate |
San Diego Mesa College | 92% | — | 19,212 | -$904 | Baccalaureate |
Foothill College | — | — | 12,949 | $7,549 | Baccalaureate |
Modesto Junior College | 0% | — | 18,258 | $10,176 | Baccalaureate |
Santa Monica College | 81% | — | 23,453 | $3,600 | Baccalaureate |
Cypress College | — | — | 15,924 | $4,683 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 53% | — | 17,850 | $6,116 |
Rio Hondo College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
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