Cameron University
Public College in Lawton, OK. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $40,118.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,118 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 40%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $21,500, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 3.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
40% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 67% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. 20% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 20% return, against 67% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,538 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,320 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,752 at $0–30k against $15,808 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 76% get grants averaging $8,290, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 33% 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 · 432 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 | $8,752 |
| $30–48k | $10,555 |
| $48–75k | $11,919 |
| $75–110k | $16,504 |
| $110k+ | $15,808 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 844 of these 2,538 students, totalling $5,880,553 — an average of $6,967 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Comanche 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)