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Community college · Public

State Fair Community College

Sedalia, MO1,422 online only

State Fair Community College is a public community college in Sedalia, MO, with about 2,332 students on campus and 1,422 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
2,332
plus 1,422 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,985
tuition and fees $4,176; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
44%
lower than at 75% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$35,562
lower than at 66% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into State Fair Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. State Fair Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $14,719 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $7,416

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,176Room & board $9,332Books & supplies $525Other costs $686

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,985.

Tuition and fees are $4,176 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

$8,272

About $16,544 over 2 years · 44% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
44%
within 3 years · Pell students 39%
Come back for year two
60%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$35,562
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,500
about $111 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

4.1%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$111 a month against about $2,722 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

38%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 35% 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
$40k
Higher incomeover $75k
$39k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 41%Health professions 34%Precision production 6%Education 4%Engineering tech 3%Business 3%Everything else 10%

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 Humanities381 graduates a year · typical debt $9,000
$39k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing54 graduates a year · typical debt $16,500
$74k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas28 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions25 graduates a year · typical debt $18,990
$62k4 yrs out
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services17 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations16 graduates a year
$33k4 yrs out
Agricultural Business and Management10 graduates a year
—not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions10 graduates a year
$62k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

2,694 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 77%Hispanic 10%Black 6%Asian 1%Two or more 5%International 1%

Women and men

Women 67%Men 33%
20 : 1
students per teacher
36%
get Pell grants (lower income)
11%
take federal loans
15%
undergrads 25 or older
28%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Sedalia

4% of Sedalia’s 22,621 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Sedalia pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

University of Central MissouriUniversity or college · Public · Warrensburg
25.7 mi11,383 students
Missouri Valley CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Marshall
28.8 mi1,389 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.