San Antonio College
Public Community College in San Antonio, TX. Six-year graduation rate 26%. Median 10-year earnings $39,711.
Ten-year median earnings of $39,711 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 26% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 26% — below national average
Academics
Only 26% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. A 18% 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. A 26:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. 18,975 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 16,067 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,183 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $3,842 at $0–30k versus $12,343 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $4,913. 5% 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 · 1,533 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 | $3,842 |
| $30–48k | $4,529 |
| $48–75k | $6,248 |
| $75–110k | $7,472 |
| $110k+ | $12,343 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 839 of these 16,067 students, totalling $5,274,285 — an average of $6,286 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar 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)