Central Louisiana
Technical Community College
Public Community College in Alexandria, LA. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $29,558.
Students who entered Central Louisiana Technical Community College reach a median of $29,558 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate of 70% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,000 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 70% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The part-time picture is harder: 33% return, against 73% full-time. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,100 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,625 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($5,683 versus $4,927), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $5,187, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 49% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 210 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 | $5,683 |
| $30–48k | $5,393 |
| $48–75k | $8,092 |
| $75–110k | $4,927 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 544 of these 1,100 students, totalling $3,424,120 — an average of $6,294 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Rapides Parish) — 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)