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Dine College

Public College in Tsaile, AZ. Six-year graduation rate 13%. Median 10-year earnings $29,188.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Dine College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$29,188
Graduation rate
12.6%

Ten-year median earnings of $29,188 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 13% graduate within six years.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
Red Flags
  • ! Graduation rate 13% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
48%
Transfer-out rate
19%
Student:faculty
16:1

A six-year graduation rate of 13% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 48% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$5,916
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
61%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,507 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $5,916 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,332 at $0–30k against $9,850 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 61% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,025 — common but not automatic.

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.

% receiving grants
80%
Average grant
$9,263

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 110 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 $5,332
$30–48k $5,199
$48–75k $9,387
$75–110k $9,850
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Apache County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$810/mo
1 bedroom
$903/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,175/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
10
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Dine College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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