Sinclair Community College
Public Community College in Dayton, OH. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $37,558.
Students who entered Sinclair Community College reach a median of $37,558 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 41% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 16% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 12,585 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,821 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($4,592 versus $8,785), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $3,631 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 29% of students.
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 · 1,205 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 | $4,592 |
| $30–48k | $4,379 |
| $48–75k | $5,865 |
| $75–110k | $8,460 |
| $110k+ | $8,785 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,670 of these 12,585 students, totalling $16,758,129 — an average of $4,566 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery 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)