Delaware County
Community College
Public Community College in Media, PA. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $45,391.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,391 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $13,250, 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
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 24% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 60% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Retention drops to 46% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,065 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,737 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: $5,591 at $0–30k, $10,603 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. 62% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 571 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 | $5,591 |
| $30–48k | $6,075 |
| $48–75k | $8,770 |
| $75–110k | $9,918 |
| $110k+ | $10,603 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,400 of these 7,065 students, totalling $34,883,189 — an average of $7,928 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)