Salish Kootenai College
Public College in Pablo, MT. Six-year graduation rate 11%. Median 10-year earnings $32,725.
Students who entered Salish Kootenai College reach a median of $32,725 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 11% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,923 — modest by four-year standards.
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 11% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 11% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 552 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $6,771 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $6,999 at $0–30k against $11,883 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 85% of students get grant aid averaging $8,426, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 18% 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 · 75 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 | $6,999 |
| $30–48k | $9,221 |
| $48–75k | $8,502 |
| $75–110k | $11,883 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 102 of these 552 students, totalling $524,725 — an average of $5,144 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lake 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)