College of
Western Idaho
Public Community College in Nampa, ID. Six-year graduation rate 31%.
The six-year graduation rate is 31% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,720.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 46% return, against 66% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,898 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,784 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,228 versus $12,043), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 50% of students at an average of $4,257. About 45% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 710 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 | $6,228 |
| $30–48k | $7,227 |
| $48–75k | $8,791 |
| $75–110k | $10,736 |
| $110k+ | $12,043 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,643 of these 5,898 students, totalling $9,392,343 — an average of $3,554 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Canyon 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)