State Technical
College of Missouri
Public Community College in Linn, MO. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $55,901.
Ten years after entry, the median State Technical College of Missouri student earns $55,901 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 84% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,986. It also moves people — 2.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 84% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 90%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 17:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. With 2,259 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,024 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,490 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,566 at $0–30k against $18,968 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 88% of students get grant aid averaging $9,265, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 41% 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 · 911 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 | $11,566 |
| $30–48k | $12,136 |
| $48–75k | $14,730 |
| $75–110k | $17,561 |
| $110k+ | $18,968 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 834 of these 2,024 students, totalling $4,423,334 — an average of $5,304 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Osage 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)