Washington County
Community College
Public Community College in Calais, ME. Six-year graduation rate 55%. Median 10-year earnings $34,407.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,407, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 55%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 55% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The part-time picture is harder: 34% return, against 61% full-time. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 391 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,149 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 ($4,232 versus $8,933), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $8,307, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 13% 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 · 95 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 | $4,232 |
| $30–48k | $4,748 |
| $48–75k | $7,228 |
| $75–110k | $5,910 |
| $110k+ | $8,933 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 51 of these 391 students, totalling $253,322 — an average of $4,967 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington 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)