Miami Dade College
Public Community College in Miami, FL. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $40,654.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,654 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 46%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,252 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body runs to 39,139, large enough that student experience varies widely by program.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 35,001 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,766 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,822 at $0–30k, $9,180 at $110k+. About 71% get grants averaging $5,834, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 3% 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 · 6,472 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 | $4,822 |
| $30–48k | $5,314 |
| $48–75k | $7,613 |
| $75–110k | $9,530 |
| $110k+ | $9,180 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,007 of these 35,001 students, totalling $6,457,590 — an average of $6,413 each.
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)