Lake Region
State College
Public Community College in Devils Lake, ND. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $49,502.
Ten years after entry, the median Lake Region State College student earns $49,502 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $10,293, a light load against those earnings. It also moves people — 2.1% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 52% finish inside six years. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 50% return, against 65% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 651 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,252 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,238 at $0–30k against $16,525 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,646 — 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 · 200 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 | $9,238 |
| $30–48k | $12,396 |
| $48–75k | $12,807 |
| $75–110k | $15,312 |
| $110k+ | $16,525 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 242 of these 651 students, totalling $1,472,309 — an average of $6,084 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ramsey 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)