Eastern Oklahoma
State College
Public Community College in Wilburton, OK. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $38,658.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,658, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 27% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $11,900, a light load against those earnings. It also moves people — 2.6% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 27% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 14% 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. The part-time picture is harder: 40% return, against 57% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 951 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,681 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $9,371 at the $0–30k band to $18,069 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 84% of students at an average of $7,568. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 20% 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 · 207 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 | $9,371 |
| $30–48k | $9,169 |
| $48–75k | $11,970 |
| $75–110k | $15,179 |
| $110k+ | $18,069 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 189 of these 951 students, totalling $1,241,881 — an average of $6,571 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Latimer 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)