Rose State College
Public Community College in Midwest City, OK. Six-year graduation rate 20%. Median 10-year earnings $37,555.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $37,555, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Only 20% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $10,453, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 20% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 20% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Transfer-out runs to 14% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 21:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. The undergraduate population is 7,313 — big enough for a real range of programs, small enough to navigate.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,546 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,036 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,882 at $0–30k, $17,382 at $110k+. About 69% get grants averaging $4,742, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% of students.
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 · 898 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 | $10,882 |
| $30–48k | $10,768 |
| $48–75k | $13,521 |
| $75–110k | $15,477 |
| $110k+ | $17,382 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 937 of these 4,546 students, totalling $5,780,798 — an average of $6,169 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Oklahoma 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)