Ivy Tech
Community College
Public Community College in Indianapolis, IN. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $37,186.
Students who entered Ivy Tech Community College reach a median of $37,186 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 41%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $10,727, 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
Academics
41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Retention drops to 48% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 28:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 54,803 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,023 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $5,532 while those at $110k+ pay $14,385. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $4,183. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 12% 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 · 5,038 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 | $5,532 |
| $30–48k | $5,727 |
| $48–75k | $8,489 |
| $75–110k | $11,793 |
| $110k+ | $14,385 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,803 of these 54,803 students, totalling $34,999,668 — an average of $5,145 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marion 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)