Blue Mountain
Community College
Public Community College in Pendleton, OR. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $38,375.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,375 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 51% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time retention runs ahead at 71% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 977 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,017 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $12,374 at $0–30k, $17,245 at $110k+. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $6,233 on average. 10% 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 · 216 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 | $12,374 |
| $30–48k | $11,884 |
| $48–75k | $13,508 |
| $75–110k | $15,288 |
| $110k+ | $17,245 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 97 of these 977 students, totalling $610,994 — an average of $6,299 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Umatilla 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)