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Public Community College in Omaha, NE. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $38,773.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,773 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 29% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $8,217, a light load against those earnings.
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
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 29% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. First-year retention is 60% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 38% return, against 60% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,629 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,664 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,151 at $0–30k, $9,477 at $110k+. About 56% get grants averaging $4,396, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 14% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 537 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 | $4,151 |
| $30–48k | $3,894 |
| $48–75k | $5,150 |
| $75–110k | $8,504 |
| $110k+ | $9,477 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,049 of these 7,629 students, totalling $4,620,553 — an average of $4,405 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Douglas 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)