White Mountains
Community College
Public Community College in Berlin, NH. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $35,037.
Students who entered White Mountains Community College reach a median of $35,037 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The part-time picture is harder: 54% return, against 84% full-time. The 7:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 420 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $15,082 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($14,004 versus $21,739), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $7,218. Federal borrowing reaches 38% 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 · 75 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 | $14,004 |
| $30–48k | $18,587 |
| $48–75k | $21,168 |
| $75–110k | $21,739 |
| $110k+ | $21,739 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 161 of these 420 students, totalling $1,050,813 — an average of $6,527 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Coos 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)