Northeastern Junior College
Public Community College in Sterling, CO. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $39,893.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $39,893, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $9,376, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Retention drops to 52% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 901 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,762 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,206 while those at $110k+ pay $20,054. 74% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,268 — common but not automatic. About 29% 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.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 274 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 | $10,206 |
| $30–48k | $10,583 |
| $48–75k | $12,983 |
| $75–110k | $17,854 |
| $110k+ | $20,054 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 261 of these 901 students, totalling $1,432,721 — an average of $5,489 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Logan 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)