College of Marin
Public Community College in Kentfield, CA. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $42,654.
Students who entered College of Marin land at a median of $42,654 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $10,062, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — 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. First-year retention is 71% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 51% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,928 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,662 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,665 at $0–30k, $17,686 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 37% of students receive any. Only 1% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 350 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 | $11,665 |
| $30–48k | $10,739 |
| $48–75k | $14,045 |
| $75–110k | $16,944 |
| $110k+ | $17,686 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 48 of these 3,928 students, totalling $406,372 — an average of $8,466 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Marin 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)