York Technical College
Public Community College in Rock Hill, SC. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $37,257.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,257 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 30% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $7,000, 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 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 30% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 65% — 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 16% 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. Retention drops to 30% 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 3,813 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,272 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,749 versus $9,217), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $6,101. Only 11% 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 · 676 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 | $5,749 |
| $30–48k | $5,134 |
| $48–75k | $6,391 |
| $75–110k | $7,622 |
| $110k+ | $9,217 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 422 of these 3,813 students, totalling $1,827,676 — an average of $4,331 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (York 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)