Northeast Texas
Community College
Public Community College in Mount Pleasant, TX. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $37,870.
Students who entered Northeast Texas Community College reach a median of $37,870 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 56% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,946 — modest by four-year standards. It also moves people — 2.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 56% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 25% 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 43% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,135 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,988 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 ($5,932 versus $11,579), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $4,916. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 15% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 346 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 | $5,932 |
| $30–48k | $6,123 |
| $48–75k | $7,714 |
| $75–110k | $8,888 |
| $110k+ | $11,579 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 329 of these 2,135 students, totalling $2,369,052 — an average of $7,201 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Titus 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)