Cuyahoga Community
College District
Public Community College in Cleveland, OH. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $35,654.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,654 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,150 — 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 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one 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 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 40% 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 12,659 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,386 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $2,941 at $0–30k, $10,491 at $110k+. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,691 — common but not automatic. 13% 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 · 1,414 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 | $2,941 |
| $30–48k | $3,646 |
| $48–75k | $6,005 |
| $75–110k | $8,699 |
| $110k+ | $10,491 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,606 of these 12,659 students, totalling $6,724,408 — an average of $4,187 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cuyahoga 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)