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Public Community College

Fort Peck
Community College

Public Community College in Poplar, MT. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $14,747.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Fort Peck Community College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$14,747
Graduation rate
16.7%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $14,747, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
Red Flags
  • ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
30%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
18:1

Only 17% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Just 30% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$1,763
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
90%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 425 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $1,763 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($-144 versus $3,239), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $3,783, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.

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.

% receiving grants
91%
Average grant
$6,812

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 43 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 $-144
$30–48k $54
$48–75k $4,779
$75–110k $3,239
$110k+

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Roosevelt County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$909/mo
1 bedroom
$915/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,201/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
5
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

Compare Fort Peck Community College with peer institutions

How we evaluate Fort Peck Community College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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