Manchester Community College
Public Community College in Manchester, NH. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $49,063.
Ten years after entry, the median Manchester Community College student earns $49,063 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 41%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,060.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 61% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 13% 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. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,610 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,209 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $11,338 at the $0–30k band to $20,703 at $110k+. Only 49% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 32% 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 · 265 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 | $11,338 |
| $30–48k | $19,860 |
| $48–75k | $20,311 |
| $75–110k | $20,380 |
| $110k+ | $20,703 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 516 of these 1,610 students, totalling $3,300,402 — an average of $6,396 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)