South Suburban College
Public Community College in South Holland, IL. Six-year graduation rate 28%. Median 10-year earnings $33,680.
Students who entered South Suburban College reach a median of $33,680 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 28% graduate within six years.
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
Completion is the problem here: 28% graduate within six years. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 26% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 41% return, against 63% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,012 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $3,814 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,722 at $0–30k against $7,583 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 50% of students at an average of $5,583.
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 · 179 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 | $2,722 |
| $30–48k | $1,767 |
| $48–75k | $5,371 |
| $75–110k | $7,583 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cook 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)