Prince George's
Community College
Public Community College in Largo, MD. Six-year graduation rate 18%. Median 10-year earnings $47,548.
Students who entered Prince George's Community College land at a median of $47,548 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 18% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,500. On economic mobility, 2.5% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 18% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 18% graduate within six years. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 51% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,050 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,800 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $7,314 at $0–30k, $12,979 at $110k+. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,444 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 16% of students.
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 · 1,112 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 | $7,314 |
| $30–48k | $7,802 |
| $48–75k | $9,195 |
| $75–110k | $11,300 |
| $110k+ | $12,979 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,314 of these 8,050 students, totalling $7,808,160 — an average of $5,942 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Prince George's 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)