Lakeland Community College
Public Community College in Kirtland, OH. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $39,612.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,612, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 24% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,751 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 24% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore 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 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,143 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,234 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,977 versus $11,028), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Only 48% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 23% 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 · 370 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 | $5,977 |
| $30–48k | $6,333 |
| $48–75k | $8,506 |
| $75–110k | $10,631 |
| $110k+ | $11,028 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 709 of these 3,143 students, totalling $4,058,208 — an average of $5,724 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake 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)