Nunez Community College
Public Community College in Chalmette, LA. Six-year graduation rate 27%. Median 10-year earnings $35,343.
Students who entered Nunez Community College reach a median of $35,343 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $13,000, a light load against those earnings. It also moves people — 2.6% 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 27% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 27% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 52% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 19% 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. Retention drops to 36% 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 1,495 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,562 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,846 at $0–30k against $16,831 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 82% get grants averaging $5,343, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 73% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 227 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 | $11,846 |
| $30–48k | $11,736 |
| $48–75k | $12,879 |
| $75–110k | $16,088 |
| $110k+ | $16,831 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,086 of these 1,495 students, totalling $7,160,329 — an average of $6,593 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Bernard Parish) — 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)