Donnelly College
Private Community College in Kansas City, KS. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $35,715.
Students who entered Donnelly College reach a median of $35,715 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 46% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,842 — 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 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 58% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 13% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students actually return at a higher rate, 70%, which is unusual and suggests the school is built for them.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 343 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,058 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $10,542 at $0–30k against $12,907 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $7,920, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 36% of students.
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 · 38 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 | $10,542 |
| $30–48k | $11,463 |
| $48–75k | $12,484 |
| $75–110k | $12,907 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 123 of these 343 students, totalling $829,791 — an average of $6,746 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wyandotte County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)