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%
had finished a degree by year 2
still progressing at year 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 |
Outcomes
- Completion rate
- 40%
- Students with Pell grants
- 19%
- Earnings @ 10yr
- $42,176
- Median debt
- —
at this college
after entering
at graduation
Admission and teaching
- SAT/ACT policy
- Open admission
- Application fee
- None
- Students per faculty member
- 23 to 1
- Faculty who are full-time
- 39%
Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)
undergraduate, 2023–24
undergraduates, fall 2024
fall 2024
What students study
Best transfer rates elsewhere in CA
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?
Find four-year colleges ranked by what they'd cost your family and what graduates earn — then check which of your credits they accept before you commit.
Find four-year matches →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. 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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