Baltimore City
Community College
Public Community College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $36,025.
Students who entered Baltimore City Community College reach a median of $36,025 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Academics
Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 48% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 31% return, against 48% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,259 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,816 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $15,978 at $0–30k against $18,845 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $3,355.
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 · 240 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 | $15,978 |
| $30–48k | $13,995 |
| $48–75k | $16,528 |
| $75–110k | $18,845 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore City) — 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)