Mississippi Gulf
Coast Community College
Public Community College in Perkinston, MS. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $33,017.
Students who entered Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reach a median of $33,017 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,000 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.3% 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 62% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Retention drops to 23% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The 23:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,236 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,087 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,778 at $0–30k against $12,657 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $5,856. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 22% of students.
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 · 1,707 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 | $5,778 |
| $30–48k | $6,195 |
| $48–75k | $8,771 |
| $75–110k | $11,280 |
| $110k+ | $12,657 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,393 of these 6,236 students, totalling $8,039,220 — an average of $5,771 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Stone 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)