Treasure Valley
Community College
Public Community College in Ontario, OR. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $36,738.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $36,738, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 37% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — 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 0.33 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 37% graduate within six years. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 42% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 956 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,351 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($10,685 versus $12,817), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 90% of students receive it, averaging $8,190. 62% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 137 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 | $10,685 |
| $30–48k | $10,777 |
| $48–75k | $12,049 |
| $75–110k | $13,552 |
| $110k+ | $12,817 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 595 of these 956 students, totalling $3,871,192 — an average of $6,506 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Malheur 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)