Rocky Mountain College
Private College in Billings, MT. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $49,036.
Ten years after entry, the median Rocky Mountain College student earns $49,036 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 48% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 3.6% 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
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 70% puts Rocky Mountain College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. Only 1,405 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield sits at 29% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 6% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 488–565 | 18 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 405–568 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 123 (44%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 790 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,791 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,404 at the $0–30k band to $25,150 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 98% of students receive it, averaging $27,448. 55% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 211 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 | $15,404 |
| $30–48k | $13,781 |
| $48–75k | $14,957 |
| $75–110k | $19,892 |
| $110k+ | $25,150 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 434 of these 790 students, totalling $2,657,843 — an average of $6,124 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Yellowstone 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)