Jones County
Junior College
Public Community College in Ellisville, MS. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $33,377.
Students who entered Jones County Junior College reach a median of $33,377 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 41%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $6,291, a light load against those earnings. On economic mobility, 2.3% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 41%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 16% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,248 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,991 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,645 at $0–30k, $10,931 at $110k+. About 76% get grants averaging $6,023, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 11% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 615 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 | $5,645 |
| $30–48k | $5,537 |
| $48–75k | $6,855 |
| $75–110k | $9,991 |
| $110k+ | $10,931 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 343 of these 3,248 students, totalling $1,746,697 — an average of $5,092 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jones 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)