Alvin Community College
Public Community College in Alvin, TX. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $45,762.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,762 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $4,519 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.10 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 24% graduate within six years. A 26% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 5,576 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,193 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,268 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,718 versus $12,887), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $4,775. 8% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 295 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $6,718 |
| $30–48k | $7,090 |
| $48–75k | $9,812 |
| $75–110k | $13,590 |
| $110k+ | $12,887 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 249 of these 3,193 students, totalling $777,299 — an average of $3,122 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Brazoria County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)