Public · Community college

Prince George's Community College

Largo, Maryland · Large suburb

#3 for grad earnings in Maryland
14%
Transfer rate
$8,672
Avg net price
18%
Grad / completion
$47,548
Median earnings

Prince George's Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Largo, Maryland (large suburb setting), enrolling 8,815 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 8,815 undergradsLarge suburbNJCAA Division IICold wintersNear the coast

About Largo, Maryland

Largo is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Largo was named after the Largo Plantation that was owned by the Beall family. The plantation is believed to be named after Largo Bay in Scotland. It was sold to John Contee in 1745. Largo is served by the Largo-Kettering Branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System and is the headquarters location for PGCMLS. The library headquarters, previously adjacent to the Hyattsville Branch, moved to Largo in 2015. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
11 miles
Nearest airport
12 miles to Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) · major hub

How Prince George's Community College compares

Graduation rate18%

Higher than 3% · #36 of 38 in Maryland

First-year retention67%

Higher than 39%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,548

Higher than 88% · #3 of 38 in Maryland

Average net price$8,672

Cheaper than 76% · #6 cheapest of 40 in Maryland

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment8,815

Larger than 96%

Percentiles compare Prince George's 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

8,815undergrads
  • Women5,53463%
  • Men3,28137%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White3.0%
  • Black62%
  • Hispanic22%
  • Asian3.6%
  • Other or multiracial9.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
8,815
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
46%
Students over 25
28%
Median family income
$25,468
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$75,105
Endowment
$6,994,581

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 2,191 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Maryland97%
  • Other U.S. states3.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Prince George's Community College draws overwhelmingly from Maryland.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,034
Out-of-state tuition
$8,762
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,500
Total cost of attendance
$15,544
Average net price
$8,672

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
18%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
14%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$37,482
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$47,548
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
13%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
18%
Low-income (Pell)
10%
First-generation
10%

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
$25
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
78 (64 men · 14 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (3)

Basketball29
Soccer25
Baseball24

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.5 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
4
Property offenses (2022–2024)
12

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (11,473 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

5.3reported offenses a year
1.3 violent a year4.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
3.3
Robbery
1.0
Motor vehicle theft
0.7
Aggravated assault
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$7,314
$30–48k
$7,802
$48–75k
$9,195
$75–110k
$11,300
$110k+
$12,979

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.

24%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,206
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 24% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,206. 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 919 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)
$47,548
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
22%
Out-earn a HS grad
52%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$47,481
Men
$47,853

Men out-earn women by $372 (1%) 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
88°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
45″
Annual snow
15.9″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Upper Marlboro 3 Nnw, MD US station (4 mi from campus).

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.