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Tribal and Community College
Private College in Mahnomen, MN. Six-year graduation rate 10%. Median 10-year earnings $18,044.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $18,044, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 10% graduate within six years.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ! Graduation rate 10% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 10% graduate within six years. Retention is weak: only 50% of full-time first-years return, so roughly one in two leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 95 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $1,899 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $2,710 at $0–30k, $17 at $48–75k. 93% of students get grant aid averaging $16,020, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay.
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 · 16 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 | $2,710 |
| $30–48k | $-1,483 |
| $48–75k | $17 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mahnomen County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026