Crowder College
Public Community College in Neosho, MO. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $35,987.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,987 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $9,000, 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
49% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Just 59% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 13:1, 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 2,622 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,210 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: $8,283 at $0–30k, $13,975 at $110k+. About 65% get grants averaging $7,666, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 14% 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 · 733 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 | $8,283 |
| $30–48k | $9,223 |
| $48–75k | $8,481 |
| $75–110k | $12,560 |
| $110k+ | $13,975 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 379 of these 2,622 students, totalling $2,051,360 — an average of $5,413 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Newton 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)