Community College
of Baltimore County
Public Community College in Baltimore, MD. Six-year graduation rate 19%. Median 10-year earnings $43,729.
Ten years after entry, the median Community College of Baltimore County student earns $43,729 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 19% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,528 — 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 19% — below national average
Academics
Only 19% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 41% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 13,195 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,978 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,807 at $0–30k, $15,032 at $110k+. 56% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,443 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 11% 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 · 1,488 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 | $8,807 |
| $30–48k | $8,725 |
| $48–75k | $10,833 |
| $75–110k | $13,023 |
| $110k+ | $15,032 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,497 of these 13,195 students, totalling $10,281,833 — an average of $6,868 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Baltimore 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)