Glen Oaks
Community College
Public Community College in Centreville, MI. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $37,540.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,540, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 43%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,794 — 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 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 53% return, against 64% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 577 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,215 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $5,282 while those at $110k+ pay $13,782. About 84% get grants averaging $6,176, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 20% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 149 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 | $5,282 |
| $30–48k | $8,025 |
| $48–75k | $10,081 |
| $75–110k | $13,455 |
| $110k+ | $13,782 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 116 of these 577 students, totalling $650,930 — an average of $5,611 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Joseph 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)