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Public Community College

Moberly Area
Community College

Public Community College in Moberly, MO. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $37,537.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Moberly Area Community College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$37,537
Median debt at grad
$10,658
Mobility score
1.2
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
44.2%
Federal loan default
0%

Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,537, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $10,658, 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.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
63%
Transfer-out rate
17%
Student:faculty
22:1

Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 17% 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: 43% return, against 63% full-time.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$8,199
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
64%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
9%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,928 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $8,199 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,688 versus $9,752), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 64% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,249 — common but not automatic. 9% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.

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.

% receiving grants
85%
Average grant
$7,153

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 709 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 $5,688
$30–48k $3,274
$48–75k $8,308
$75–110k $7,439
$110k+ $9,752

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 274 of these 2,928 students, totalling $1,682,208 — an average of $6,139 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Randolph County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$660/mo
1 bedroom
$693/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$888/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
88
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Moberly Area Community College

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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