Collins Career
Technical Center
Public Community College in Chesapeake, OH. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $47,329.
Students who entered Collins Career Technical Center land at a median of $47,329 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $13,887, 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 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 55% finish inside six years. First-year retention of 100% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 45% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 631 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,262 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,261 at $0–30k, $15,814 at $110k+. About 71% get grants averaging $5,216, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 66% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 76 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 | $9,261 |
| $30–48k | $7,868 |
| $48–75k | $9,214 |
| $75–110k | $12,169 |
| $110k+ | $15,814 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 417 of these 631 students, totalling $2,789,307 — an average of $6,689 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lawrence County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)