St Clair
County Community College
Public Community College in Port Huron, MI. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $40,177.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,177, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,750 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. Retention of 60% 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. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,955 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,212 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,849 at $0–30k, $10,800 at $110k+. About 68% get grants averaging $6,797, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 18% 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 · 350 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 | $3,849 |
| $30–48k | $4,253 |
| $48–75k | $6,474 |
| $75–110k | $8,549 |
| $110k+ | $10,800 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 344 of these 1,955 students, totalling $1,938,160 — an average of $5,634 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Clair 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)