Murray State College
Public Community College in Tishomingo, OK. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $36,545.
Ten-year median earnings of $36,545 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 27% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $13,387 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. A 14% 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 student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — 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. 2,686 undergraduates makes this a mid-sized institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,511 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,844 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($13,223 versus $12,111), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,777 — common but not automatic. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 160 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 | $13,223 |
| $30–48k | $12,481 |
| $48–75k | $13,190 |
| $75–110k | $13,257 |
| $110k+ | $12,111 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 907 of these 1,511 students, totalling $5,691,936 — an average of $6,276 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Johnston 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)