Clovis Community College
Public Community College in Clovis, NM. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $34,020.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,020, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $7,250 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.5% 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 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 34% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 57% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,221 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $3,974 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $2,226 at $0–30k, $9,470 at $75–110k. About 68% get grants averaging $4,979, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 6% 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 · 109 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 | $2,226 |
| $30–48k | $3,767 |
| $48–75k | $4,765 |
| $75–110k | $9,470 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 69 of these 1,221 students, totalling $323,732 — an average of $4,692 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Curry 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)