Riverland Community College
Public Community College in Austin, MN. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $45,247.
Ten years after entry, the median Riverland Community College student earns $45,247 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 52% finish inside six years. 75% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. 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. Retention drops to 50% 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 1,895 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,017 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,612 at $0–30k against $12,676 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $5,413. 26% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 307 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 | $6,612 |
| $30–48k | $6,402 |
| $48–75k | $7,274 |
| $75–110k | $8,827 |
| $110k+ | $12,676 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 494 of these 1,895 students, totalling $3,282,701 — an average of $6,645 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mower 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)