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Public Community College

Mt Hood
Community College

Public Community College in Gresham, OR. Six-year graduation rate 24%. Median 10-year earnings $41,125.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Mt Hood Community College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$41,125
Median debt at grad
$13,667
Mobility score
1.4
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
23.7%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Mt Hood Community College reach a median of $41,125 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,667 — modest by four-year standards.

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 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags
  • ! Graduation rate 24% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
11%
Student:faculty
20:1

Only 24% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. 6,271 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$8,900
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
55%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
23%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,539 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

At $8,900 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,800 versus $12,292), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 55% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,349 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 23% 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.

% receiving grants
75%
Average grant
$10,176

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 783 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 $5,800
$30–48k $7,725
$48–75k $8,016
$75–110k $10,697
$110k+ $12,292

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 825 of these 3,539 students, totalling $5,164,973 — an average of $6,261 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$1,570/mo
1 bedroom
$1,677/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,922/mo

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

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
160
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Mt Hood 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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