Camden County College
Public Community College in Blackwood, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $41,212.
Ten-year median earnings of $41,212 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $11,851, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 48% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,555 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,779 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,582 at $0–30k, $12,217 at $110k+. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,509 — common but not automatic. 11% 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 · 996 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 | $4,582 |
| $30–48k | $4,713 |
| $48–75k | $6,518 |
| $75–110k | $9,373 |
| $110k+ | $12,217 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 691 of these 6,555 students, totalling $4,402,669 — an average of $6,371 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Camden 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)