Tulsa Community College
Public Community College in Tulsa, OK. Six-year graduation rate 28%. Median 10-year earnings $39,746.
Students who entered Tulsa Community College reach a median of $39,746 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 28% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,223, 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 28% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 28% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 13% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 43% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,397 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,208 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,082 versus $10,548), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 71% get grants averaging $4,625, 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 · 1,880 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 | $5,082 |
| $30–48k | $5,346 |
| $48–75k | $7,112 |
| $75–110k | $9,490 |
| $110k+ | $10,548 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,086 of these 11,397 students, totalling $12,270,862 — an average of $5,882 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tulsa 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)