Kellogg Community College
Public Community College in Battle Creek, MI. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $38,329.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,329, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 30% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $17,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 30% graduate within six years. 62% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Retention drops to 41% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 9:1 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 2,781 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,962 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $1,924 at the $0–30k band to $11,445 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $6,921. 33% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 295 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 | $1,924 |
| $30–48k | $4,010 |
| $48–75k | $5,816 |
| $75–110k | $8,303 |
| $110k+ | $11,445 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 917 of these 2,781 students, totalling $3,189,340 — an average of $3,478 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Calhoun 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)