Lindsey Hopkins
Technical College
Public Community College in Miami, FL. Six-year graduation rate 66%. Median 10-year earnings $34,107.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,107 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate of 66% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
Academics
66% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Unusually, part-time retention (91%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 842 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,145 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. 38% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants.
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 · 361 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 | $6,243 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami-Dade 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)