Lorain County
Community College
Public Community College in Elyria, OH. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $38,837.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,837 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,680 — 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
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate population is 9,407 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,391 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,126 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,099 at $0–30k, $9,202 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $3,922. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 13% 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 · 647 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 | $3,099 |
| $30–48k | $3,261 |
| $48–75k | $4,874 |
| $75–110k | $6,686 |
| $110k+ | $9,202 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 698 of these 5,391 students, totalling $4,766,126 — an average of $6,828 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lorain 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)