Westmoreland County
Community College
Public Community College in Youngwood, PA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $37,439.
Students who entered Westmoreland County Community College reach a median of $37,439 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $11,000, 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 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 31% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 67% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 18% 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 2,608 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,247 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,972 at $0–30k against $9,798 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 58% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,051 — common but not automatic. About 43% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 381 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 | $2,972 |
| $30–48k | $3,007 |
| $48–75k | $4,615 |
| $75–110k | $8,025 |
| $110k+ | $9,798 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,120 of these 2,608 students, totalling $6,456,206 — an average of $5,764 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westmoreland 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)