Grayson College
Public Community College in Denison, TX. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $40,873.
Students who entered Grayson College reach a median of $40,873 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,250.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 40% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention of 67% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,862 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,724 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $4,513 at $0–30k versus $13,518 at $110k+. About 67% get grants averaging $6,206, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 13% 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 · 410 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 | $4,513 |
| $30–48k | $5,112 |
| $48–75k | $7,682 |
| $75–110k | $11,179 |
| $110k+ | $13,518 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 370 of these 2,862 students, totalling $3,585,034 — an average of $9,689 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Grayson 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)