St. Augustine College
Private Community College in Chicago, IL. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $35,723.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,723 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 17% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $4,423.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.12 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 17% graduate within six years. 52% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. 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. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 754 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,310 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $15,524 at $0–30k against $18,781 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 89% receive grants worth $12,304 on average. Only 5% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 62 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 | $15,524 |
| $30–48k | $15,529 |
| $48–75k | $15,272 |
| $75–110k | $18,781 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 40 of these 754 students, totalling $308,183 — an average of $7,705 each.
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