Public · Community college
Fort Peck Community College
Poplar, Montana · Remote rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $400
- Avg net price
- 17%
- Grad / completion
- $14,747
- Median earnings
Fort Peck Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Poplar, Montana (remote rural setting), enrolling 282 undergraduates. It is a Tribal college. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Poplar, Montana
Poplar is a city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. It is the tribal headquarters for the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, though Wolf Point is the most populous. The reservation is home to both the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, two distinct American Indian Nations. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote rural
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 224 miles to Billings, MT
- To Great Lakes shore
- 617 miles
- Nearest airport
- 18 miles to L M Clayton (OLF)
How Fort Peck Community College compares
Higher than 3% · #15 of 17 in Montana
Higher than 3%
Higher than 1% · #14 of 15 in Montana
Cheaper than 99% · #1 cheapest of 17 in Montana
Lower than 39%
Larger than 52%
Percentiles compare Fort Peck Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Montana.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women15655%
- Men12645%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White12%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial87%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 282
- Student–faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 20%
- First-generation students
- 34%
- Students over 25
- 58%
- Median family income
- $13,492
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $55,206
- Endowment
- $3,335,915
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $2,250
- Room & board
- $6,975
- Books & supplies
- $700
- Total cost of attendance
- $10,164
- Average net price
- $400
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 17%
- First-year retention
- 30%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $26,328
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $14,747
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $15
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (362 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 65% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,631. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 60 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $14,747
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 26%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $2,366 (17%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 0°F
- Annual rain
- 14.2″
- Annual snow
- 28.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wolf Point 29 Ene, MT US station (14.1 mi from campus).
What Fort Peck Community College graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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