Orange County
Community College
Public Community College in Middletown, NY. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $44,117.
Ten years after entry, the median Orange County Community College student earns $44,117 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — 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 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 25% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 47% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,829 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,709 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 $2,797 while those at $110k+ pay $14,129. 55% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,946 — common but not automatic. 28% 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 · 906 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 | $2,797 |
| $30–48k | $4,094 |
| $48–75k | $8,236 |
| $75–110k | $11,989 |
| $110k+ | $14,129 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,065 of these 3,829 students, totalling $6,418,327 — an average of $6,027 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)