Roxbury Community College
Public Community College in Roxbury Crossing, MA. Six-year graduation rate 28%. Median 10-year earnings $38,773.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,773 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 28% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.4% of students move 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.
- ! Graduation rate 28% — below national average
Academics
Only 28% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 36% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 1,615, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,496 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,506 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($12,222 versus $12,976), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $1,597, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 285 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 | $12,222 |
| $30–48k | $12,037 |
| $48–75k | $12,468 |
| $75–110k | $12,976 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Suffolk 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)