Quinsigamond Community College
Public Community College in Worcester, MA. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $45,949.
Students who entered Quinsigamond Community College land at a median of $45,949 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 22% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $16,575, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 22% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 50% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,404 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,994 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,148 versus $11,361), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 70% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,347 — common but not automatic. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 541 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 | $8,148 |
| $30–48k | $8,315 |
| $48–75k | $8,169 |
| $75–110k | $8,743 |
| $110k+ | $11,361 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,073 of these 5,404 students, totalling $13,268,097 — an average of $6,400 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Worcester 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)