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Community college · Public

Crowder College

Neosho, MO525 online only

Crowder College is a public community college in Neosho, MO, with about 3,340 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,340
plus 525 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$9,023
tuition and fees $6,180; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
49%
lower than at 69% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$35,987
lower than at 66% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Crowder College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Crowder College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $16,291 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,280

Tuition & fees (in state) $6,180Room & board $8,856Books & supplies $1,400

After grants, the average family on aid pays $9,023.

Tuition and fees are $6,180 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$8,481

About $16,962 over 2 years · 48% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
49%
within 3 years · Pell students 45%
Come back for year two
59%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$35,987
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,000
about $95 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.6%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$95 a month against about $2,642 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

40%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 39% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$33k
Middle income$30–75k
$41k
Higher incomeover $75k
$42k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 33%Health professions 18%Engineering tech 13%Computer science 7%Business 6%Education 6%Everything else 17%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities301 graduates a year · typical debt $7,365
$36k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing134 graduates a year · typical debt $11,655
$71k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas57 graduates a year · typical debt $6,000
$35k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations47 graduates a year · typical debt $8,100
$49k4 yrs out
Agricultural Business and Management35 graduates a year
$40k4 yrs out
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications23 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services19 graduates a year · typical debt $14,400
$41k4 yrs out
Criminal Justice and Corrections12 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

2,570 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 70%Hispanic 13%Black 2%Asian 2%Two or more 4%International 2%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
13 : 1
students per teacher
36%
get Pell grants (lower income)
10%
take federal loans
18%
undergrads 25 or older
36%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Neosho

7% of Neosho’s 14,078 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Neosho pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Crowder College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Missouri Southern State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Joplin
20 mi3,148 students
Ozark Christian CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Joplin
21.4 mi588 students
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeCommunity college · Public · Miami
27.9 mi1,094 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.