Truckee Meadows
Community College
Public Community College in Reno, NV. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $44,573.
Students who entered Truckee Meadows Community College land at a median of $44,573 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 32% 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
Only 32% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 10,011 undergraduates, this is a large institution — expect the administrative scale and the range of offerings that come with it.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,281 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,745 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,771 at $0–30k, $13,236 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 40% of students receive any. 4% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 1,028 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 | $9,771 |
| $30–48k | $6,103 |
| $48–75k | $7,462 |
| $75–110k | $9,050 |
| $110k+ | $13,236 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 259 of these 7,281 students, totalling $1,656,836 — an average of $6,397 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washoe 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)