Eastern Iowa
Community College District
Public Community College in Davenport, IA. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $39,060.
Ten-year median earnings of $39,060 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 45%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,739 — 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
45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is weak: only 59% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 49% return, against 59% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,244 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,682 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,841 at $0–30k, $19,014 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $6,291. Federal borrowing reaches 37% 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 · 537 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 | $11,841 |
| $30–48k | $12,804 |
| $48–75k | $14,703 |
| $75–110k | $17,260 |
| $110k+ | $19,014 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,216 of these 3,244 students, totalling $7,432,317 — an average of $6,112 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Scott 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)