Oakland Community College
Public Community College in Auburn Hills, MI. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $37,395.
Students who entered Oakland Community College reach a median of $37,395 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 21% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,105 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 21% graduate within six years. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. 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. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 23:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,773 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $3,871 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 $3,590 at the $0–30k band to $12,314 at $110k+. About 53% get grants averaging $7,155, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 18% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 1,327 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 | $3,590 |
| $30–48k | $4,325 |
| $48–75k | $7,232 |
| $75–110k | $10,132 |
| $110k+ | $12,314 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,136 of these 11,773 students, totalling $7,816,829 — an average of $3,660 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oakland 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)