City Colleges
of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College
Public Community College in Chicago, IL. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $31,114.
Students who entered City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College reach a median of $31,114 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 21% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,646 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 44% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 26:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,425 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,209 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,527 at $0–30k, $10,119 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $5,682. 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 · 200 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 | $8,527 |
| $30–48k | $7,373 |
| $48–75k | $10,607 |
| $75–110k | $14,177 |
| $110k+ | $10,119 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 85 of these 1,425 students, totalling $512,573 — an average of $6,030 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)