Black Hawk College
Public Community College in Moline, IL. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $37,253.
Students who entered Black Hawk College reach a median of $37,253 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 40% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,375 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Only 40% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 56% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,266 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,069 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,369 at $0–30k, $12,253 at $110k+. About 64% get grants averaging $7,249, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 11% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 501 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 | $4,369 |
| $30–48k | $5,450 |
| $48–75k | $7,220 |
| $75–110k | $10,496 |
| $110k+ | $12,253 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 244 of these 2,266 students, totalling $1,158,977 — an average of $4,750 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rock Island 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)