Triton College
Public Community College in River Grove, IL. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $41,728.
Students who entered Triton College reach a median of $41,728 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 29% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $9,413, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 44% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,229 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,648 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $2,397 while those at $110k+ pay $12,235. Grant aid is limited — 49% of students receive any. 3% 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 · 831 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 | $2,397 |
| $30–48k | $3,722 |
| $48–75k | $5,959 |
| $75–110k | $8,611 |
| $110k+ | $12,235 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 161 of these 6,229 students, totalling $842,703 — an average of $5,234 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
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)