Hillsborough College
Public Community College in Tampa, FL. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $40,782.
Students who entered Hillsborough College reach a median of $40,782 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,762, 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. A 19% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. 20,004 undergraduates puts this among the larger schools, which usually means more choice and less individual attention.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 19,998 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $3,333 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,839 at $0–30k against $9,924 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 53% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,391 — common but not automatic. 53% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 3,278 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 | $3,839 |
| $30–48k | $4,395 |
| $48–75k | $5,505 |
| $75–110k | $10,168 |
| $110k+ | $9,924 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 10,519 of these 19,998 students, totalling $60,975,660 — an average of $5,797 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hillsborough 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)