Nebraska Indian
Community College
Public College in Macy, NE. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $31,458.
Ten-year median earnings of $31,458 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 22% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 22% graduate within six years. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 624 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 356 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,188 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,958 at $0–30k, $30,384 at $75–110k. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $6,585, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 25 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 | $22,958 |
| $30–48k | $19,834 |
| $48–75k | $24,696 |
| $75–110k | $30,384 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Thurston 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)