Rogue Community College
Public Community College in Grants Pass, OR. Six-year graduation rate 9%. Median 10-year earnings $36,845.
Students who entered Rogue Community College reach a median of $36,845 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 9% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $17,042, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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 9% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 9% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 53% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 21% 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. The part-time picture is harder: 37% return, against 53% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,395 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,705 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 — $10,318 at $0–30k versus $18,962 at $110k+. About 61% get grants averaging $6,353, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 12% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 509 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 | $10,318 |
| $30–48k | $10,329 |
| $48–75k | $12,448 |
| $75–110k | $15,214 |
| $110k+ | $18,962 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 393 of these 3,395 students, totalling $2,663,637 — an average of $6,778 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Josephine 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)