Midland College
Public Community College in Midland, TX. Six-year graduation rate 23%. Median 10-year earnings $43,958.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,958 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 23% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,670. It also moves people — 4.8% 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 23% — below national average
Academics
Only 23% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. 21% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate population is 5,219 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,052 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,071 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $2,774 at $0–30k versus $10,846 at $110k+. Only 39% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Only 2% 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 · 577 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 | $2,774 |
| $30–48k | $4,677 |
| $48–75k | $6,972 |
| $75–110k | $7,785 |
| $110k+ | $10,846 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 111 of these 5,052 students, totalling $682,203 — an average of $6,146 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Midland 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)