Chadron State College
Public College in Chadron, NE. Six-year graduation rate 50%. Median 10-year earnings $47,002.
Ten years after entry, the median Chadron State College student earns $47,002 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 50% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $18,875 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
Completion is middling: 50% finish inside six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,634 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,292 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,047 at $0–30k, $16,047 at $110k+. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $8,359, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 54% 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 · 315 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 | $10,047 |
| $30–48k | $10,090 |
| $48–75k | $12,561 |
| $75–110k | $14,674 |
| $110k+ | $16,047 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 885 of these 1,634 students, totalling $4,755,772 — an average of $5,374 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dawes 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)