Inver Hills
Community College
Public Community College in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $49,898.
Ten years after entry, the median Inver Hills Community College student earns $49,898 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 24% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,965.
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
- ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 24% graduate within six years. Just 56% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. 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. With 37% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 46% return, against 56% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,203 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,432 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,373 at $0–30k, $16,272 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 57% of students at an average of $4,572. Federal borrowing reaches 25% 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 · 251 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 | $9,373 |
| $30–48k | $10,062 |
| $48–75k | $11,168 |
| $75–110k | $13,787 |
| $110k+ | $16,272 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 547 of these 2,203 students, totalling $3,275,009 — an average of $5,987 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dakota 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)