Gogebic Community College
Public Community College in Ironwood, MI. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $40,950.
Students who entered Gogebic Community College reach a median of $40,950 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,925.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 36% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 64% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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. The 32% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The part-time picture is harder: 54% return, against 64% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 505 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,408 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $2,212 at the $0–30k band to $11,002 at $110k+. 83% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,125 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 29% 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 · 146 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 | $2,212 |
| $30–48k | $3,977 |
| $48–75k | $5,581 |
| $75–110k | $8,118 |
| $110k+ | $11,002 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 145 of these 505 students, totalling $768,509 — an average of $5,300 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gogebic 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)