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Public Community College

North Central
Missouri College

Public Community College in Trenton, MO. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $40,837.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
North Central Missouri College · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$40,837
Median debt at grad
$10,500
Mobility score
1.2
% bottom→top quintile
Graduation rate
57.6%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered North Central Missouri College reach a median of $40,837 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,500 — 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
66%
Transfer-out rate
11%
Student:faculty
19:1

58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 66% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 37% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$10,400
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
85%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
26%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,198 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $10,400 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,951 at $0–30k against $17,702 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 85% of students get grant aid averaging $6,908, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 26% 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.

% receiving grants
95%
Average grant
$7,380

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 388 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 $11,951
$30–48k $12,963
$48–75k $14,548
$75–110k $16,892
$110k+ $17,702

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 309 of these 1,198 students, totalling $1,526,740 — an average of $4,941 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$660/mo
1 bedroom
$677/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$888/mo

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

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
32
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate North Central Missouri 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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