John Wood
Community College
Public Community College in Quincy, IL. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $38,631.
Students who entered John Wood Community College reach a median of $38,631 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 49%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $8,029.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,387 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,858 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,899 at $0–30k, $12,913 at $110k+. About 75% get grants averaging $6,089, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 16% 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 · 415 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 | $5,899 |
| $30–48k | $6,580 |
| $48–75k | $8,900 |
| $75–110k | $10,777 |
| $110k+ | $12,913 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 225 of these 1,387 students, totalling $1,116,920 — an average of $4,964 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Adams 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)