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Statement · Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake Community College

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $8,476 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $14,417.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $47,867 ten years after entering, the 94th percentile among public 2-years.

  3. 29% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Enrollment, 2023
36,778

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $14,417 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $8,476 and $13,928 a year depending on income at Salt Lake Community College.

Statement of cost · Salt Lake Community College

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$14,417
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$8,476
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$9,804
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$4,426

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $8,476; $30–48k: $9,048; $48–75k: $10,559; $75–110k: $11,589; over $110k: $13,928. Shaded band: middle half of public 2-years, from $5,297 to $10,706; dotted line at the median, $7,702.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 2-years (all incomes), $5,297 to $10,706. Dotted line: the median, $7,702.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$8,476
$30k–$48k$9,048
$48k–$75k$10,559
$75k–$110k$11,589
Over $110k$13,928

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $47,867; the median graduate who borrowed owes $8,003.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$41,501
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$44,450
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
94th percentile among public 2-years
$47,867
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
19th percentile among public 2-years
$8,003
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$4,408

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 2-years at 10 years: $35,069 to $42,382.

6 yrs after entry: $41,501; 8 yrs after entry: $44,450; 10 yrs after entry: $47,867. Median graduate debt: $8,003. Shaded band: middle half of public 2-years at 10 years, from $35,069 to $42,382; dotted line at the median, $38,550.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 2-years, 10 years out ($35,069 to $42,382); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $8,003.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$41,501
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$44,450
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$47,867
Median graduate debt$8,003

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Salt Lake Community College
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma1,176not reported$6,625
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree955$50,966$8,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma375not reported$11,000
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree242$60,960$9,525
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree239$71,076$15,085
Psychology, GeneralAssociate's Degree151$36,790$8,432
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree138$83,736$10,250
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree133$64,034$11,750
Ground TransportationUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma124not reportednot reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree104$57,675$6,334
Design and Applied ArtsAssociate's Degree67$33,160$10,766
Graphic CommunicationsAssociate's Degree66not reported$11,375
Show all 21 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Social WorkAssociate's Degree66not reportednot reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree63$40,221$14,136
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree53$62,416$12,500
Precision Metal WorkingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma50$53,603not reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate's Degree49$35,116not reported
Communication and Media StudiesAssociate's Degree48$42,285$12,220
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree47$64,574$13,500
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree44not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringAssociate's Degree7$69,954not reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Salt Lake Community College: 18,136 undergraduates; 17% of students receive Pell grants; no admission rate is reported (common at open-admission schools).

Admission rate

No admission rate reported (common at open-admission schools)

Undergraduates

18,136

98th percentile among public 2-years

Pell share

17%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

11th percentile among public 2-years

Completion

29%

finish within 150% of normal time

22nd percentile among public 2-years

First-generation

40%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$27,276

76th percentile among public 2-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k39%
  • $30k–$48k21%
  • $48k–$75k21%
  • $75k–$110k11%
  • Over $110k8%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k39%
$30k–$48k21%
$48k–$75k21%
$75k–$110k11%
Over $110k8%

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Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.