Northwest Mississippi
Community College
Public Community College in Senatobia, MS. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $36,396.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,396, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. 45% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,500.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 15% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 41% return, against 68% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,148 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,749 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,370 versus $13,820), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,797 — common but not automatic. Only 18% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 1,401 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 | $6,370 |
| $30–48k | $6,913 |
| $48–75k | $9,381 |
| $75–110k | $12,105 |
| $110k+ | $13,820 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 914 of these 5,148 students, totalling $4,934,840 — an average of $5,399 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tate County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)