Dodge City
Community College
Public Community College in Dodge City, KS. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $45,427.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,427 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,800 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 35% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 55% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 14% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 40% 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 1,200 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,288 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,072 at $0–30k against $9,120 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,557 — common but not automatic. Only 23% 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 · 389 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 | $2,072 |
| $30–48k | $3,747 |
| $48–75k | $4,490 |
| $75–110k | $8,617 |
| $110k+ | $9,120 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 274 of these 1,200 students, totalling $1,389,326 — an average of $5,071 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Flight Program - Suspended for 85/15 violation,Settlement with U.S. Government; Flight Program - Suspended for 85/15 violation; Settlement with U.S. Government
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)