Southeast Community
College Area
Public Community College in Lincoln, NE. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $43,405.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,405 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 38% graduate within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. 70% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. 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 15% 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: 52% return, against 70% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,238 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,613 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($6,687 versus $13,054), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 59% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,994 — common but not automatic. Only 21% 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 · 1,169 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 | $6,687 |
| $30–48k | $7,587 |
| $48–75k | $8,987 |
| $75–110k | $11,899 |
| $110k+ | $13,054 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,319 of these 6,238 students, totalling $5,685,566 — an average of $4,311 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lancaster 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)