Rockland Community College
Public Community College in Suffern, NY. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $50,243.
Students who entered Rockland Community College land at a median of $50,243 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 29% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,497.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 60% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five 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. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 35% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,180 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,025 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,248 while those at $110k+ pay $18,431. 47% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. Only 10% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 1,026 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 | $9,248 |
| $30–48k | $9,991 |
| $48–75k | $12,807 |
| $75–110k | $15,684 |
| $110k+ | $18,431 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 400 of these 4,180 students, totalling $2,050,448 — an average of $5,126 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rockland 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)