Angelina College
Public Community College in Lufkin, TX. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $37,301.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,301 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. It also moves people — 2.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
Only 29% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 55% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The part-time picture is harder: 42% return, against 55% full-time. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,355 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,211 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,087 at $0–30k against $11,459 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 80% of students at an average of $5,332.
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 · 494 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 | $7,087 |
| $30–48k | $7,716 |
| $48–75k | $8,975 |
| $75–110k | $11,459 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Angelina 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)