Monterey Peninsula College

Monterey, CA · Public · 5,624 undergrads · website ↗

51% Hispanic undergrads
No application fee
Open admission

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

Not published

This college doesn't report a transfer rate to the Department of Education. That means unknown — not zero. Ask them directly.

Completed after transferring: not published
Still enrolled after transferring: 5.2%

What it costs

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$9,451
$30,000 – $48,000	$10,277
$48,000 – $75,000	$13,602
$75,000 – $110,000	$15,700
Over $110,000	$18,340
All incomes (average)	$11,373

Sticker tuition and fees: $1,188 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Monterey Peninsula College's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator ↗

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$35,136
Books and supplies	$1,090
Other expenses, off campus	$7,110

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (492 of them) in 2022–23; 82% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	82%	$6,569
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	43%	$4,920
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	10%	$1,162
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	2%	$6,462

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Outcomes

Completion rate: 40%
Students with Pell grants: 19%
Earnings @ 10yr: $42,176
Median debt: —

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Open admission
Application fee: None
Students per faculty member: 23 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 39%

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

Not reported (open admission).

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

What students study

Health & Nursing21%

Criminal Justice18%

Business8%

Psychology4%

Foreign Languages2%

Social Sciences2%

Visual & Performing Arts2%

Agriculture1%

Best transfer rates elsewhere in CA

Feather River Community College DistrictQuincy20.7%San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego15.7%Shasta CollegeRedding15%Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica14.9%Moorpark CollegeMoorpark13.9%MiraCosta CollegeOceanside9.9%

Contact and accreditation

Address: 980 Fremont St, Monterey, CA 93940-4799
Phone: (831) 646-4000
Institutional accreditor: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Where would you transfer to?

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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