Northern Wyoming
Community College District
Public Community College in Sheridan, WY. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $40,477.
Students who entered Northern Wyoming Community College District reach a median of $40,477 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 42%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $8,622, 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 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
42% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 65% — 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. With 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. Retention drops to 41% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,607 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,852 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,069 at $0–30k, $14,209 at $110k+. About 76% get grants averaging $6,507, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 25% 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 · 417 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 | $8,069 |
| $30–48k | $8,047 |
| $48–75k | $9,232 |
| $75–110k | $11,919 |
| $110k+ | $14,209 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 396 of these 1,607 students, totalling $2,179,294 — an average of $5,503 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sheridan 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)