Washtenaw Community College
Public Community College in Ann Arbor, MI. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $39,449.
Students who entered Washtenaw Community College reach a median of $39,449 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,310.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — 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 33% — below national average
Academics
Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 64% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. 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. 21% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,736 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $3,528 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $1,940 at $0–30k versus $11,030 at $110k+. 56% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,605 — common but not automatic. Only 22% 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 · 679 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 | $1,940 |
| $30–48k | $1,944 |
| $48–75k | $4,979 |
| $75–110k | $6,404 |
| $110k+ | $11,030 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,706 of these 7,736 students, totalling $10,982,239 — an average of $6,437 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washtenaw 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)