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Great Basin College is a public located in Elko, Nevada. Great Basin College has an open admissions policy.
Return on educational investment at Great Basin College is in the bottom 50% of all ranked schools. The median student earns $36,240 10 years after enrolling, 8th in Nevada, and in the bottom 10% nationally. When adjusted for earning differences by major, Great Basin College bachelor students earn 0% less than the national average. Great Basin College is ranked 3rd in Nevada.
Great Basin College’s median net annual cost of $8,467 and average years to graduate of 4.7 are reported only at the school level. We assume these same costs and graduation time for all programs.
The top 2 programs at Great Basin College sorted by number of graduates - Registered Nursing, Business Administration - are shown below.
Annual net cost
$8,467
Average years to graduate
4.7
The average full-time graduate completes their degree in 4.7 years. 56% of all students graduate within 8 years including part-time students. The graduation rate at Great Basin College is 3% higher than the state average, and 12% above the average for all community college - baccalaureates in the country.
At Great Basin College, Pell Grant recipients represent 18% of the measured graduating class, 17% lower than the national average of 35%. The average Pell Grant recipient at Great Basin College graduates within 5.1 years.
Great Basin College is in the bottom 10% of schools for graduating Pell recipients.
We calculate this performance by adjusting the graduation rate of Pell students by their percentage of the student body. This adjustment is made to prevent schools with large numbers of Pell students from underperforming in comparison to schools with few Pell students but high graduation rates.
Great Basin College’s economic mobility score of 2.01 is calculated by adjusting the 10.51 economic score of lower-income students by the 18% pell grant recipients within the student body. Great Basin College’s EMS of 2.01 ranks in the bottom 5% nationally.false
Economic Mobility
To calculate economic mobility of low-income (household earnings below $30,000) students, we adjust each institution’s economic score by their percentage of Pell Grant students. The logic of this Pell-adjusted calculation is derived from Third Way’s Economic Mobility Index (EMI).
Bottom 5%
The average Title IV recipient at Great Basin College pays $8,467 a year, $6,351 less than the $14,818 advertised. See below the cost breakdown for students who receive Title IV grants, broken down by income level.
Average net price
The average net price shown by income level for all students that receive Title IV aid. Calculated by deducting the average grant and scholarship aid from tuition, fees, books, and room and board. Limited to first-time, full-time students. Public institution figures are calculated using in-state tuition figures.
Median net price $8,467
Much of the gap between net price and sticker price is filled by institutional and government grants. At Great Basin College, 60% of students receive some grants and scholarships, compared to the national average of 87% for all colleges and universities. The average amount of federal, state, and institutional grants that students receive is shown on the right.
This leaves a total of $8,467 on average to be covered by the student – be it through loans or out of pocket. In total, 16% of students take out loans, federal or private, at an average amount of $6,183. This is 38% less than the national average.
Federal grants
$5,706
Pell grants
$2,139
State grants
$1,257
Institutional grants
$4,288
Great Basin College offers 10 online bachelor programs, all of which are held exclusively online. We use the IPEDS July '20 — July '21 Distance Education report to determine which programs are online. EarningsPlus data is provided when available.
Online programs
10
Percentage of programs online
53%
Full time
50%
83%
Female
66%
59%
First time
71%
59%
In-state
72%
68%
1st generation
52%
35%
White
60%
52%
Black
6%
14%
Hispanic
20%
15%
Asian
2%
5%
American Indian
3%
1.6%
Pacific Islander
1%
0.3%
Other
9%
12%