Chipola College
Public Community College in Marianna, FL. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $37,378.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,378 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 53%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 53% finish inside six years. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 1,820, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,218 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $2,467 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $210 at $0–30k against $6,917 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,600 — common but not automatic.
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 · 246 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 | $210 |
| $30–48k | $1,109 |
| $48–75k | $3,279 |
| $75–110k | $6,537 |
| $110k+ | $6,917 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jackson 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)