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Logan College
Public Community College in Carterville, IL. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $34,096.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,096 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 46%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions.
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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
46% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 66% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 45% return, against 66% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,018 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,122 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 — $4,813 at $0–30k against $10,151 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 69% get grants averaging $6,372, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price.
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 · 469 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 | $4,813 |
| $30–48k | $4,145 |
| $48–75k | $8,112 |
| $75–110k | $7,810 |
| $110k+ | $10,151 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Williamson 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)