Orange Technical
College-South Campus
Public Community College in Orlando, FL. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $33,350.
Students who entered Orange Technical College-South Campus reach a median of $33,350 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 35% — below national average
Academics
Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 69% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. At 14:1, 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 1,386 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,938 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,073 at $0–30k against $10,564 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 21% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants.
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 · 279 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 | $9,073 |
| $30–48k | $7,364 |
| $48–75k | $10,564 |
| $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
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)