College of
Eastern Idaho
Public Community College in Idaho Falls, ID. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $42,057.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,057 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $12,000, a light load against those earnings. It also moves people — 2.2% 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 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 46% return, against 60% full-time. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,396 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,430 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: $6,387 at $0–30k, $12,269 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $4,094. 93% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 210 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 | $6,387 |
| $30–48k | $8,582 |
| $48–75k | $8,249 |
| $75–110k | $10,918 |
| $110k+ | $12,269 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,292 of these 1,396 students, totalling $8,535,379 — an average of $6,606 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bonneville 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)