Bowling Green
State University-Firelands
Public Community College in Huron, OH. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $47,896.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,896 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 11% — below national average
Academics
Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. 51% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 50% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. Retention drops to 39% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,134 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,782 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $15,207 at $0–30k, $21,882 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 59% of students at an average of $5,507. Federal borrowing reaches 51% of students.
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 · 563 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 | $15,207 |
| $30–48k | $15,447 |
| $48–75k | $17,855 |
| $75–110k | $20,900 |
| $110k+ | $21,882 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 578 of these 1,134 students, totalling $3,542,616 — an average of $6,129 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Erie 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)