City Colleges
of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Public Community College in Chicago, IL. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $28,467.
Students who entered City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College reach a median of $28,467 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 31% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,180 — 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 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 25% return, against 50% full-time. A 20:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,564 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,563 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($9,332 versus $11,382), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $5,597. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 6% 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 · 275 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 | $9,332 |
| $30–48k | $9,053 |
| $48–75k | $11,310 |
| $75–110k | $11,530 |
| $110k+ | $11,382 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 93 of these 1,564 students, totalling $513,421 — an average of $5,521 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook 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)