Klamath Community College
Public Community College in Klamath Falls, OR. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $34,357.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,357, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $17,480, 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
Academics
43% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is weak: only 48% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. 18% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 21% return, against 48% full-time. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — 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 1,036 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $8,046 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,840 versus $12,321), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,086 — common but not automatic. About 37% 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 · 210 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 | $5,840 |
| $30–48k | $5,034 |
| $48–75k | $8,701 |
| $75–110k | $12,223 |
| $110k+ | $12,321 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 384 of these 1,036 students, totalling $2,385,633 — an average of $6,213 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Klamath 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)