College profile
Modesto Junior College
CA · Public · Mid-size city
ℹ️ A note about this profile
Modesto Junior College doesn't publish standardized-test bands or admit-rate data to IPEDS. That usually means the institution is open-admission (no selectivity gate), graduate-focused, or small enough that the federal survey suppresses the numbers. What we do have below: published tuition, enrollment, degrees awarded by major. If you had a different, more selective institution in mind, the search at the top of the page will find it.
Parent/student verdict
Selectivity unknownMajor value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- In-state residents (tuition ~$1,282 — major value play)
The reality
- Out-of-state tuition is 7.2× the in-state rate
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Sticker price isn't every family's price. Lower- and middle-income families often pay materially less after grants — and there's no income cutoff for need-based aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats., so at expensive schools even families earning $150–200K can qualify. Where need aid thins out, merit scholarships (where offered) bring the price down instead. Check the school's own net-price calculator for your number.
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
The real cost
What Modesto Junior College actually costs
The federal file doesn't carry net-price figures for Modesto Junior College, so the published tuition above is the only price we can show you — and it's the price before any aid. That's a gap in the government's data, not a sign this college is expensive or stingy.
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Source: federal IPEDS (published tuition) and College Scorecard, which reports net price only for colleges meeting its cohort-size and Title-IV reporting thresholds.
What students study here
Most popular majors at Modesto Junior College
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Modesto Junior College actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
AI program signal
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantModesto Junior College is a public four-year college in CA.
Tuition: $1,282 in-state, $9,264 out-of-state (net price with aid not reported).
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