Clackamas Community College
Public Community College in Oregon City, OR. Six-year graduation rate 23%. Median 10-year earnings $42,886.
Students who entered Clackamas Community College land at a median of $42,886 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 23% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $11,992, 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 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 23% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 23% graduate within six years. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three 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 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 41% return, against 66% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,575 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,610 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,860 at $0–30k against $11,085 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 94% of students receive it, averaging $3,109. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 701 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 | $7,860 |
| $30–48k | $6,534 |
| $48–75k | $7,216 |
| $75–110k | $11,085 |
| $110k+ | $11,085 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,737 of these 4,575 students, totalling $11,323,183 — an average of $6,519 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clackamas 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)