Sierra College
About
Sierra College is a public community college in Rocklin, California. It is part of the Sierra Joint Community College District, a district that covers over 3,200 square miles (8,300 km2), serves Placer, Nevada and parts of El Dorado and Sacramento counties.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
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.
Of 111 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 107 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 2.7%
- No Data107 · 96.4%
- Failing1 · 0.9%
Severity spectrum
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 2
- Jan 2020Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Feb 2015Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
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.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 5,626 students received $26.6M in Pell grants, alongside $2.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 573 borrowers who entered repayment, 26 (4.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Sierra 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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 14
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus3
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Z Building1 fireDamage $100,000-$249,999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Sierra College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Sierra 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSierra College | 42% | Open admission | 19,125 | $7,245 | Community College |
| — | Open admission | 9,262 | $4,600 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 11,182 | $9,474 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 12,965 | $6,113 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 9,900 | $11,231 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 19,267 | $6,906 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,553 | $13,644 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 16,451 | $9,844 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,402 | $6,576 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 12,712 | $9,747 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 9,099 | $7,200 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 12,468 | $8,621 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 11,485 | $15,002 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,923 | $4,159 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,763 | $7,307 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 9,821 | $5,437 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 16,300 | $1,618 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 9,226 | $4,647 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 29,971 | $6,490 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 17,627 | $6,806 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 8,810 | $12,119 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 7,867 | $7,911 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 19,550 | $5,763 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 6,011 | $6,532 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 19,920 | $6,614 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 14,055 | $18,943 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 20,969 | $2,407 | Community College | |
| — | Open admission | 15,655 | $6,288 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 42% | — | 11,977 | $6,856 |
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Explore the federal data for institutions in Sierra College's comparison group.
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment12,965Net price$6,113View data - Community CollegeNew Jersey
Brookdale Community College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment9,900Net price$11,231View data - Community CollegeCalifornia
City College of San Francisco
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment19,267Net price$6,906View data - Community CollegeAlabama
Coastal Alabama Community College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment7,553Net price$13,644View data - Community CollegeMaryland
Community College of Baltimore County
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment16,451Net price$9,844View data - Community CollegePennsylvania
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Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment7,402Net price$6,576View data - Community CollegeLouisiana
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Lansing Community College
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Sierra College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
This page is dedicated to the Planning, Research, and Resource Development section of Sierra College. While it lists numerous subcategories of the college's administration and structure, it does not provide specific details about the office's mission, contact information, or leadership. Various relevant links are provided, presumably for navigation and informational purposes.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of Sierra College (6)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Laci GreenMedia
- Ryan GuzmanEntertainment
- Jordan NgataiAthletics
- Alex ObertAthletics
- Isaiah PiñeiroAthletics
- Steve SenteneyAthletics
Frequently asked questions about Sierra College
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Sierra College.
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