Marion Military Institute
Public Community College in Marion, AL. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $59,644.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $59,644 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,250 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.16 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. With 404 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. 51% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. 36% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 520–640 | 71 (36%) |
| SAT Math | 520–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–23 | 158 (79%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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A six-year graduation rate of 36% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 46% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. With 53% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 308 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,044 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $7,471 at $0–30k against $12,230 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 95% of students receive it, averaging $11,489. 38% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 173 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 | $7,471 |
| $30–48k | $8,562 |
| $48–75k | $8,584 |
| $75–110k | $10,914 |
| $110k+ | $12,230 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 118 of these 308 students, totalling $527,301 — an average of $4,469 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Perry 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)