Holmes Community College
Public Community College in Goodman, MS. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $32,922.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $32,922, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,274 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.1% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 39% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 25% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 18:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,847 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,874 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,618 versus $8,030), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $5,417. 15% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 985 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 | $5,618 |
| $30–48k | $5,679 |
| $48–75k | $8,403 |
| $75–110k | $10,910 |
| $110k+ | $8,030 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 588 of these 3,847 students, totalling $3,322,892 — an average of $5,651 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Holmes 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)