Saint Louis
Community College
Public Community College in Bridgeton, MO. Six-year graduation rate 21%. Median 10-year earnings $35,325.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,325, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 21% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,725.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 21% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 21% graduate within six years. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. 14,627 undergraduates puts this among the larger schools, which usually means more choice and less individual attention.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,175 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,181 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $7,469 at $0–30k, $13,244 at $110k+. 49% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 6% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 1,544 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 | $7,469 |
| $30–48k | $8,319 |
| $48–75k | $9,926 |
| $75–110k | $12,016 |
| $110k+ | $13,244 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 666 of these 11,175 students, totalling $2,525,766 — an average of $3,792 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis 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)