Community College
of Aurora
Public Community College in Aurora, CO. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $44,592.
Ten years after entry, the median Community College of Aurora student earns $44,592 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 34% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 61% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 20% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 40% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,346 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,352 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $6,305 at the $0–30k band to $16,700 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 52% of students at an average of $8,592. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 17% 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 · 321 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 | $6,305 |
| $30–48k | $6,611 |
| $48–75k | $9,726 |
| $75–110k | $12,409 |
| $110k+ | $16,700 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 557 of these 3,346 students, totalling $3,260,275 — an average of $5,853 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Arapahoe County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026