East Mississippi
Community College
Public Community College in Scooba, MS. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $33,772.
Ten-year median earnings of $33,772 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $9,006, 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 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 17% 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. Retention drops to 18% 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 2,914 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,341 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: $4,273 at $0–30k, $3,672 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 62% of students at an average of $5,881. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% 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 · 734 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 | $4,273 |
| $30–48k | $4,347 |
| $48–75k | $5,190 |
| $75–110k | $8,057 |
| $110k+ | $3,672 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 604 of these 2,914 students, totalling $2,764,135 — an average of $4,576 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kemper 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)