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Public College in Cloquet, MN. Six-year graduation rate 26%. Median 10-year earnings $45,665.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $45,665 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 26% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,181 — 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 26% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 26% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 44% of full-time first-years return, so roughly three in five leave after one year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 23% 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. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 457 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,723 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $9,779 while those at $110k+ pay $19,659. 84% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,027 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 42% 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 · 73 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 | $9,779 |
| $30–48k | $12,319 |
| $48–75k | $12,218 |
| $75–110k | $18,523 |
| $110k+ | $19,659 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 191 of these 457 students, totalling $1,264,255 — an average of $6,619 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Carlton 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)