Iowa Central
Community College
Public Community College in Fort Dodge, IA. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $42,046.
Students who entered Iowa Central Community College land at a median of $42,046 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,000 — 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 42% finish inside six years. Retention is weak: only 52% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. Retention drops to 39% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,116 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,902 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,837 at $0–30k against $12,424 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $6,089, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 57% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 996 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 | $7,837 |
| $30–48k | $7,865 |
| $48–75k | $8,948 |
| $75–110k | $12,252 |
| $110k+ | $12,424 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,761 of these 3,116 students, totalling $10,870,749 — an average of $6,173 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Webster 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)