Hinds Community College
Public Community College in Raymond, MS. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $30,774.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,774 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,371 — 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 43% finish inside six years. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 17% 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 23% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,533 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $3,985 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,233 at $0–30k, $10,100 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 81% of students at an average of $6,795. About 48% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,483 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 | $3,233 |
| $30–48k | $3,994 |
| $48–75k | $6,847 |
| $75–110k | $9,252 |
| $110k+ | $10,100 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,122 of these 6,533 students, totalling $13,997,556 — an average of $4,484 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hinds 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)