Weatherford College
Public Community College in Weatherford, TX. Six-year graduation rate 35%. Median 10-year earnings $42,397.
Students who entered Weatherford College land at a median of $42,397 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 35% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,948 — 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 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 35% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 35% graduate within six years. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The student-faculty ratio is 19:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. With 5,440 undergraduates, the school sits in the middle of the size distribution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,961 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,086 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 ($8,463 versus $14,717), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 55% get grants averaging $6,193, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 19% 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 · 361 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 | $8,463 |
| $30–48k | $7,504 |
| $48–75k | $10,171 |
| $75–110k | $13,924 |
| $110k+ | $14,717 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 738 of these 3,961 students, totalling $4,715,321 — an average of $6,389 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Parker 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)