Broward College
Public Community College in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $41,939.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,939, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 39% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,500 — modest by four-year standards. On economic mobility, 2.8% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 39% graduate within six years. Transfer-out runs to 20% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 31:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. 29,140 undergraduates puts this among the larger schools, which usually means more choice and less individual attention.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 23,801 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,343 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,467 at $0–30k against $20,368 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 60% of students at an average of $5,525. Only 12% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 3,059 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 | $13,467 |
| $30–48k | $14,278 |
| $48–75k | $16,098 |
| $75–110k | $18,937 |
| $110k+ | $20,368 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,775 of these 23,801 students, totalling $11,319,144 — an average of $4,079 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Broward 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)