Orange Technical College
Public College in Orlando, FL. Six-year graduation rate 79%. Median 10-year earnings $36,650.
Students who entered Orange Technical College reach a median of $36,650 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 79% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 79% — well above the national average
Academics
A 79% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Just 20% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Unusually, part-time retention (100%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. At 2:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 694 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,467 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $48–75k bands is narrow ($10,042 versus $13,365), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any.
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 · 433 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 | $10,042 |
| $30–48k | $10,990 |
| $48–75k | $13,365 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
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
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Other (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)