Allen County
Community College
Public Community College in Iola, KS. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $40,059.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,059 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 37% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $6,954, 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 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 55% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 30% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 28% 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 761 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,974 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,454 versus $6,949), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 69% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,443 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 19% of students.
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 · 212 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 | $8,454 |
| $30–48k | $11,888 |
| $48–75k | $12,024 |
| $75–110k | $7,182 |
| $110k+ | $6,949 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 146 of these 761 students, totalling $636,448 — an average of $4,359 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allen 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)