Century College
Public Community College in White Bear Lake, MN. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $46,424.
Ten years after entry, the median Century College student earns $46,424 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,250 — 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 31% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 31% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. 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. A 27% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,971 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,017 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,717 at $0–30k against $15,710 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 65% of students at an average of $4,320. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 24% 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 · 636 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 | $9,717 |
| $30–48k | $9,003 |
| $48–75k | $10,767 |
| $75–110k | $12,512 |
| $110k+ | $15,710 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,456 of these 5,971 students, totalling $10,519,367 — an average of $7,225 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)