Jacksonville College-Main Campus
Private Community College in Jacksonville, TX. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $38,885.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,885 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 33% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. With 30% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit two-year 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 216 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,754 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,913 at $0–30k, $7,122 at $75–110k. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $8,873.
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 · 96 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 | $5,913 |
| $30–48k | $4,358 |
| $48–75k | $9,608 |
| $75–110k | $7,122 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cherokee 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)