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Community College
Public Community College in Sedalia, MO. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $35,562.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $35,562, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 44%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, 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 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 13% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 31% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,474 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $7,295 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 — $7,288 at $0–30k against $10,858 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 80% of students receive grant aid, averaging $6,527 — common but not automatic. 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 · 792 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 | $7,288 |
| $30–48k | $7,309 |
| $48–75k | $8,272 |
| $75–110k | $9,589 |
| $110k+ | $10,858 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 424 of these 2,474 students, totalling $2,349,084 — an average of $5,540 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pettis 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)