Peninsula College
Public Community College in Port Angeles, WA. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $37,078.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,078 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 37% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,786. On economic mobility, 2.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile 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 0.9% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 37% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. A 16% 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. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,837 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,139 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $10,742 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $8,721 at $0–30k against $16,510 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 78% get grants averaging $9,008, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 12% 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 · 160 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 | $8,721 |
| $30–48k | $8,339 |
| $48–75k | $9,681 |
| $75–110k | $11,193 |
| $110k+ | $16,510 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 135 of these 1,139 students, totalling $968,297 — an average of $7,173 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Clallam 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)