Miles Community College
Public Community College in Miles City, MT. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $42,862.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,862 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 62%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,500 — modest by four-year standards. On economic mobility, 2.8% of students travel from the bottom income quintile 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 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
62% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 63% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 20% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 53% return, against 63% full-time. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 351 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,625 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,462 at $0–30k against $13,000 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 71% of students at an average of $7,031. About 43% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 120 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 | $9,462 |
| $30–48k | $9,486 |
| $48–75k | $10,693 |
| $75–110k | $10,411 |
| $110k+ | $13,000 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 152 of these 351 students, totalling $928,809 — an average of $6,111 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Custer 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)