River Valley
Community College
Public Community College in Claremont, NH. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $44,700.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $44,700 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $16,226 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.4 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 22% graduate within six years. Just 41% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 34% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 601 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $12,820 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $13,183 at $0–30k versus $22,238 at $75–110k. 63% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,373 — common but not automatic. About 46% 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 · 29 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 | $13,183 |
| $30–48k | $23,244 |
| $48–75k | $23,244 |
| $75–110k | $22,238 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 277 of these 601 students, totalling $1,981,628 — an average of $7,154 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sullivan 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)