Cincinnati State
Technical and Community College
Public Community College in Cincinnati, OH. Six-year graduation rate 16%. Median 10-year earnings $40,137.
Students who entered Cincinnati State Technical and Community College reach a median of $40,137 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 16% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,715.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 16% — below national average
Academics
Only 16% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two 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 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. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,283 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,572 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $2,823 while those at $110k+ pay $11,878. About 59% get grants averaging $7,403, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 44% 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 · 464 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 | $2,823 |
| $30–48k | $3,377 |
| $48–75k | $6,077 |
| $75–110k | $10,062 |
| $110k+ | $11,878 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,318 of these 5,283 students, totalling $17,215,195 — an average of $7,427 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hamilton 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)