Niagara County
Community College
Public Community College in Sanborn, NY. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $42,285.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,285 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,039.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 32% graduate within six years. Retention of 64% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 17% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 44% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,859 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,823 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $3,615 while those at $110k+ pay $12,880. Grant aid reaches 63% of students at an average of $6,474. 30% 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 · 750 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 | $3,615 |
| $30–48k | $5,286 |
| $48–75k | $8,669 |
| $75–110k | $10,808 |
| $110k+ | $12,880 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 848 of these 2,859 students, totalling $4,568,237 — an average of $5,387 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Niagara 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)