Leech Lake
Tribal College
Public Community College in Cass Lake, MN. Six-year graduation rate 19%.
- ! Graduation rate 19% — below national average
Academics
Only 19% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. Retention is weak: only 51% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. 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. Transfer-out runs to 19% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 230 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,935 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,169 at $0–30k against $12,109 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $7,763, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 45 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 | $13,169 |
| $30–48k | $13,042 |
| $48–75k | $13,664 |
| $75–110k | $12,109 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cass County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications), Heightened Cash Monitoring (Compliance Audit Late or Missing); School has an accreditation issue; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)