Central Maine
Community College
Public Community College in Auburn, ME. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $42,448.
Ten years after entry, the median Central Maine Community College student earns $42,448 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 30% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 17% 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. Retention drops to 31% 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 2,828 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,153 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,470 at $0–30k against $11,672 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 88% of students receive it, averaging $6,360. Only 21% 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 · 931 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 | $5,470 |
| $30–48k | $5,970 |
| $48–75k | $8,105 |
| $75–110k | $9,482 |
| $110k+ | $11,672 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 591 of these 2,828 students, totalling $3,240,962 — an average of $5,484 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Androscoggin 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)