Connecticut State
Community College
Public Community College in New Britain, CT. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $41,344.
Students who entered Connecticut State Community College reach a median of $41,344 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,200. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.5% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 51% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 32,292 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,605 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,009 versus $13,551), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 70% get grants averaging $4,631, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 9% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 4,594 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 | $11,009 |
| $30–48k | $11,280 |
| $48–75k | $12,173 |
| $75–110k | $12,512 |
| $110k+ | $13,551 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,911 of these 32,292 students, totalling $17,779,957 — an average of $6,108 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Capitol Planning Region) — 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)