Sussex County
Community College
Public Community College in Newton, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $44,664.
Students who entered Sussex County Community College land at a median of $44,664 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,000 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 38% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,039 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,403 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,955 at $0–30k, $13,931 at $110k+. About 57% get grants averaging $6,559, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 16% 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 · 439 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 | $5,955 |
| $30–48k | $7,781 |
| $48–75k | $8,232 |
| $75–110k | $12,457 |
| $110k+ | $13,931 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 335 of these 2,039 students, totalling $1,750,524 — an average of $5,225 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sussex 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)