Bucks County
Community College
Public Community College in Newtown, PA. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $47,324.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,324 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 22% 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. The part-time picture is harder: 52% return, against 75% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,200 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,176 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,725 at $0–30k, $11,581 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 35% of students receive any. 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 · 759 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 | $3,725 |
| $30–48k | $4,534 |
| $48–75k | $6,371 |
| $75–110k | $10,516 |
| $110k+ | $11,581 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 612 of these 5,200 students, totalling $3,432,935 — an average of $5,609 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bucks County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring, Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); Heightened Cash Monitoring; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)