Mayville State University
Public College in Mayville, ND. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $47,828.
Ten years after entry, the median Mayville State University student earns $47,828 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 41%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,585, 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
Completion is middling: 41% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 81%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. 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. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public four-year university, 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 725 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,069 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $5,971 while those at $110k+ pay $15,766. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,420 — common but not automatic. 53% 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 · 90 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 | $5,971 |
| $30–48k | $4,878 |
| $48–75k | $9,558 |
| $75–110k | $13,885 |
| $110k+ | $15,766 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 385 of these 725 students, totalling $2,440,532 — an average of $6,339 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Traill 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)