Mitchell Technical College
Public Community College in Mitchell, SD. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $50,743.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $50,743 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 76% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 3.1% 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)
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 76% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 85% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a public community college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. The undergraduate body is just 1,132, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 953 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,570 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $9,750 at $0–30k against $16,493 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,396 — common but not automatic. About 50% 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 · 413 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 | $9,750 |
| $30–48k | $10,505 |
| $48–75k | $12,945 |
| $75–110k | $16,044 |
| $110k+ | $16,493 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 480 of these 953 students, totalling $2,587,541 — an average of $5,391 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Davison 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)