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Shasta College

Redding, California·Public, 4-year or above·Far West·shastacollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
23%
-36.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
9,073
peer median 9,073
Avg net price
$3,743
-$3.8k vs Baccalaureate
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About

Shasta College is a public community college in Redding, California, with branch campuses in Burney, Weaverville, and Red Bluff. It was founded in 1950 and later moved to a much larger campus while the original campus became the new location of Shasta High School.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
23%-36.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Full-time retention
100%

Pell equity

12.0pp gap
Pell recipients
22%
Non-Pell
10%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

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

Of 100 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 94 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
100
Passing
6
6.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

100programs
  • Passing6 · 6.0%
  • No Data94 · 94.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
3
Safe
3
No data
94

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.

6
Social Sciences General
Associate Degree · Social Sciences
+10.0%
$39,704 vs $36,082
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+18.4%
$42,720 vs $36,082
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
+18.7%
$42,847 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+41.1%
$50,914 vs $36,082
Biological and Physical Sciences
Associate Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+55.7%
$56,192 vs $36,082
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+195.7%
$106,707 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

3
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Undergraduate Certificate · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
22%
$9,833 debt · $45,118 earn
Biological and Physical Sciences
Associate Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
14%
$7,700 debt · $56,192 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
13%
$14,252 debt · $106,707 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Accredited since 1952Next review Oct 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 12

  1. Jan 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  2. Aug 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  3. Nov 2022Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
  4. Oct 2022Initial Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  5. Aug 2021Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$2,767
$30–48k$4,312
$48–75k$6,000
$75–110k$9,493
$110k+$10,869

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

Avg net price
$3,743
-$3,806vs Baccalaureate median $7,549
Federal loans
4.2%
In-state tuition
$1,197
Out-of-state
$8,277

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 4,187 students received $19.3M in Pell grants, alongside $2.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
4,187
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$19.3M
$19,279,436 total
Direct Loans
$2.3M
614 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

3k
20
3k
21
4k
22
4k
23
4k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.0M
306 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.3M
308 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.

Of 317 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (4.7%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.7%
+2.4pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
317
Defaulted
15
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
14.7%
2017
13.7%
2018
11.6%
2019
4.7%
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 Shasta College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs85
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

3,474 total completions
01Liberal Arts
1,50343.3%
02Multi/Interdisciplinary
51614.9%
03Business
3369.7%
04Social Sciences
2968.5%
05English Language
2487.1%
06Parks/Recreation
1704.9%
07Family/Consumer Sci
1584.5%
08Health Professions
1033.0%
09Psychology
722.1%
10Security/Protective
722.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
9,073
12-mo unduplicated
12,499
Undergraduate
12,499
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
44%5,494
Women
56%7,005

Race / ethnicity composition

White
59.9%
Hispanic
20.0%
Two or more
8.3%
Asian
4.7%
Black
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
2.2%
Unknown
2.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

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

Athletes
279
189 M · 90 W
Women athletes
32.3%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$1.4M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$306
$167
Head-coach salaries
$18K
$15K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 12

Football
94 M ·
$196K
Swimming and Diving (combined)
10 M · 22 W
$81K
Baseball
32 M ·
$101K
Basketball
16 M · 14 W
$138K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
20 M · 6 W
$81K
Wrestling
18 M ·
$80K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.36
10 offenses · 7,363 students

3-year trend

0.122 yrs ago0.001 yr ago1.36Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
11
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
4
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
6
Rape
1
Arson
1
Burglary
1
Fondling
1

By location

10total
  • On campus10

Includes 9 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
3
Dating violence
1
Stalking
4 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • National origin1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons01
Drugs02
Liquor02

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.

Student-to-faculty
28.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
131

Shasta College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Shasta College selected for federal comparison reporting.

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
SubjectShasta College
23%9,073$3,743Baccalaureate
8,542$9,535Community College
15,012$10,790Community College
8,098$8,457Community College
9,683$7,113Community College
7,463$9,826Baccalaureate
10,176$7,005Community College
7,965$9,431Baccalaureate
10,256$4,250Community College
13,337$8,033Baccalaureate
6,549$13,461Baccalaureate
6,698$10,627Community College
12,949$7,549Baccalaureate
6,575$14,693Baccalaureate
13,914$12,158Community College
11,029$5,309Baccalaureate
9,350$4,598Community College
96%11,478$7,178Baccalaureate
6,557$14,579Community College
9,981$9,296Community College
5,784$7,755Baccalaureate
11,380$7,340Community College
8,137$10,123Baccalaureate
8,419$9,356Baccalaureate
8,587$5,372Baccalaureate
5,396$6,329Baccalaureate
9,572-$1,180Baccalaureate
5,577$6,071Baccalaureate
9,282$3,869Baccalaureate
6,813$6,206Baccalaureate
6,199$9,321Baccalaureate
10,885$7,457Baccalaureate
9,255$7,131Baccalaureate
Peer group median60%9,073$7,549

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Shasta College Institutional Research office

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

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
research [at] shastacollege.edu
Phone
(530) 242-7670
Address
Building 2100, Room 2148 and 2160, Shasta College, 11555 Old Oregon Trail, P.O. Box 496006, Redding, CA 96049-6006

The page provides contact information for the Shasta College Office of Institutional Research, including the office's email and phone number, as well as its physical location. It mentions the head of the office, Cassie Leal, and provides a URL for more information about the office's staff.

Visit IR office page
Team
3 members
  • Cassie Leal
    Director of Institutional Research
  • Matt Gallmeister
    Research Analyst
  • Heath Johnson
    Research Technician

Reports & documents (2)

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

Grants & funding (12)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

Notable alumni of Shasta College (2)

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

  • Pearl Brower
  • Heather Hadwick

Frequently asked questions about Shasta College

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

What is the graduation rate at Shasta College?

Shasta College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 23% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Shasta College?

Shasta College reports a total enrollment of 9,073 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Shasta College?

The average net price at Shasta College is $3,743 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Shasta College located?

Shasta College is located in Redding, California 96003.

Who runs Institutional Research at Shasta College?

Shasta College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

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