La James
International College-Ft Dodge
For-profit College in Fort Dodge, IA. Six-year graduation rate 90%. Median 10-year earnings $26,679.
Students who entered La James International College-Ft Dodge reach a median of $26,679 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is a strength: 90% of students finish within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 90% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
90% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 93% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 32 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 32 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,079 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,765 at $0–30k, $20,989 at $110k+. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,219 — common but not automatic. 72% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 19 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 | $13,765 |
| $30–48k | $15,058 |
| $48–75k | $12,897 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $20,989 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 23 of these 32 students, totalling $174,982 — an average of $7,608 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Webster County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026