Nashua Community College
Public Community College in Nashua, NH. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $46,164.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,164 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 38% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 21% 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 part-time picture is harder: 49% return, against 64% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,039 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,200 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,030 at $0–30k against $28,492 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 43% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Federal borrowing reaches 25% 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 · 145 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 | $21,030 |
| $30–48k | $27,225 |
| $48–75k | $28,677 |
| $75–110k | $29,014 |
| $110k+ | $28,492 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 255 of these 1,039 students, totalling $1,630,361 — an average of $6,394 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)