Blinn College District
Public Community College in Brenham, TX. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $46,318.
Students who entered Blinn College District land at a median of $46,318 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,500 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 11% — below national average
Academics
Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. Just 45% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. 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. With 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 31% return, against 45% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 15,788 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,793 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,883 while those at $110k+ pay $19,123. 33% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. 21% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 3,565 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 | $10,883 |
| $30–48k | $7,857 |
| $48–75k | $17,910 |
| $75–110k | $19,002 |
| $110k+ | $19,123 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,320 of these 15,788 students, totalling $11,649,921 — an average of $3,509 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington 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)