Kaskaskia College
Public Community College in Centralia, IL. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $38,801.
Students who entered Kaskaskia College reach a median of $38,801 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 49% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $3,750 — 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 0.10 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. Retention of 64% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 16% 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. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,799 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,438 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,636 at $0–30k against $8,121 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $6,601.
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 · 377 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 | $5,636 |
| $30–48k | $5,509 |
| $48–75k | $7,626 |
| $75–110k | $8,457 |
| $110k+ | $8,121 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clinton 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)