Central Oregon
Community College
Public Community College in Bend, OR. Six-year graduation rate 25%. Median 10-year earnings $38,940.
Students who entered Central Oregon Community College reach a median of $38,940 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 25% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 25% — below national average
Academics
Only 25% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 62% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. 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. 21% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 44% return, against 62% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,597 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,329 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $8,888 while those at $110k+ pay $17,265. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,992 — common but not automatic. About 25% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 481 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 | $8,888 |
| $30–48k | $10,620 |
| $48–75k | $13,827 |
| $75–110k | $15,005 |
| $110k+ | $17,265 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 901 of these 3,597 students, totalling $5,226,371 — an average of $5,801 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Deschutes 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)