Kirtland Community College
Public Community College in Grayling, MI. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $35,831.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,831, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 34% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $13,067, a light load against those earnings.
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
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 17% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 47% 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 964 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,311 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,396 versus $14,073), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 72% get grants averaging $6,905, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 38% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 96 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 | $7,396 |
| $30–48k | $2,981 |
| $48–75k | $4,605 |
| $75–110k | $14,448 |
| $110k+ | $14,073 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 362 of these 964 students, totalling $2,649,893 — an average of $7,320 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Crawford 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)