Public · Community college

Baltimore City Community College

Baltimore, Maryland · Large city

16%
Transfer rate: $15,987
Avg net price: 17%
Grad / completion: $36,025
Median earnings

Baltimore City Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Baltimore, Maryland (large city setting), enrolling 3,700 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 3,700 undergradsLarge cityNJCAA Division ICold wintersNear the coast

About Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. One Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. Baltimore has historically been a working-class port town, sometimes dubbed a "city of neighborhoods". It comprises 72 designated historic districts traditionally occupied by distinct ethnic groups. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Baltimore, MD
To the ocean: 5 miles
Nearest airport: 10 miles to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) · major hub

How Baltimore City Community College compares

Graduation rate17%

Higher than 3% · #37 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention48%

Higher than 9%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,025

Higher than 52% · #21 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$15,987

Cheaper than 47% · #18 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment3,700

Larger than 88%

Percentiles compare Baltimore City Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Maryland.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women2,49567%
Men1,20533%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White9.5%
Black66%
Hispanic4.2%
Asian0.6%
Other or multiracial19%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 3,700
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 44%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 54%
Median family income: $13,594
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $88,173
Endowment: $1,712,164

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $3,314
Out-of-state tuition: $7,394
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,460
Total cost of attendance: $22,790
Average net price: $15,987

Outcomes

Graduated: 17%
First-year retention: 48%
Transferred to another college: 16%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,972
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,025
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

17%

First-generation

11%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free
Athletics: NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes: 41 (16 men · 25 women)

Varsity sports (2)

Basketball30

Volleyball11

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$15,978

$30–48k

$13,995

$48–75k

$16,528

$75–110k

$18,845

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

11%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$3,060

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 11% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,060. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 198 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $36,025
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 36%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$34,732

Men

$39,103

Men out-earn women by $4,371 (13%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 86°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 43.7″
Annual snow: 19.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cylburn, MD US station (2.3 mi from campus).

What Baltimore City Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

105 grads$41k 1 yr$53k 5 yr$9k debt

105$41,120$52,847$8,850 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

37 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

37——$13,482 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

28 grads$73k 1 yr$91k 5 yr$11k debt

28$73,091$90,606$10,850 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

27 grads— 1 yr$47k 5 yr$12k debt

27—$46,539$11,625 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

26 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

26———Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

26 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

26———Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

25 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

25———Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

24———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

23 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

23———Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssoc.

21 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

21———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.