Clarendon College
Public Community College in Clarendon, TX. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $38,696.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,696, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 41%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $11,000, a light load against those earnings. It also moves people — 3.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 18% 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. The part-time picture is harder: 51% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,438 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,763 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,755 at $0–30k, $13,166 at $110k+. About 70% get grants averaging $3,552, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 12% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 216 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 | $5,755 |
| $30–48k | $6,979 |
| $48–75k | $9,780 |
| $75–110k | $12,611 |
| $110k+ | $13,166 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 169 of these 1,438 students, totalling $934,197 — an average of $5,528 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Donley 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)