Seminole State College
Public Community College in Seminole, OK. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $35,390.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,390, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,000 — 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 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 40% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 55% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Retention drops to 30% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 18:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,076 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,468 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $14,825 at $0–30k against $17,923 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $7,054. Only 17% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 252 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 | $14,825 |
| $30–48k | $12,691 |
| $48–75k | $14,874 |
| $75–110k | $15,384 |
| $110k+ | $17,923 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 186 of these 1,076 students, totalling $1,090,482 — an average of $5,863 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Seminole 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)