Public · Community college

Redlands Community College

El Reno, Oklahoma · Distant town

11%
Transfer rate
$5,964
Avg net price
35%
Grad / completion
$37,224
Median earnings

Redlands Community College is a public associate-granting institution in El Reno, Oklahoma (distant town setting), enrolling 946 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 946 undergradsDistant townOtherCold winters

About El Reno, Oklahoma

El Reno is a city in and the county seat of Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States. The land of Canadian County belonged to the historic Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes at the time of European encounter. In 1874, the United States established a fort to supervise the area and General Philip Sheridan took command. A legend says the fried onion burger was invented at the Hamburger Inn in El Reno in the 1920s so the owner could save money by using less meat in his five-cent burgers. Since 1988 El Reno holds an annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival in downtown the first Saturday in May. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
433 miles
Nearest airport
23 miles to OKC Will Rogers World (OKC) · major hub

How Redlands Community College compares

Graduation rate35%

Higher than 19% · #56 of 67 in Oklahoma

First-year retention61%

Higher than 24%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,224

Higher than 57% · #24 of 61 in Oklahoma

Average net price$5,964

Cheaper than 87% · #13 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma

Median debt at graduation$6,750

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment946

Larger than 72%

Percentiles compare Redlands 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 Oklahoma.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

946undergrads
  • Women57861%
  • Men36839%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White57%
  • Black6.0%
  • Hispanic16%
  • Asian0.7%
  • Other or multiracial20%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
946
Student–faculty ratio
21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
22%
First-generation students
44%
Students over 25
14%
Median family income
$25,609
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$50,463
Endowment
$11,381,898

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 197 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Oklahoma87%
  • Other U.S. states12%
  • International1.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Redlands Community College draws overwhelmingly from Oklahoma.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$5,385
Out-of-state tuition
$7,951
Room & board
$6,864
Books & supplies
$1,500
Total cost of attendance
$15,510
Average net price
$5,964

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
35%
First-year retention
61%
Transferred to another college
11%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$34,168
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$37,224
Median debt at graduation
$6,750
Students with federal loans
6%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
37%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
35%
Low-income (Pell)
16%
First-generation
16%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
240
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
25%
Housing charge (year)
$6,044
Application fee
$25
Athletics
Other
Varsity athletes
147 (101 men · 46 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (6)

Baseball54
Basketball41
Soccer19
Other Sports19
Golf7
Cross Country7

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

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 (2,184 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.

< $30k
$4,451
$30–48k
$5,454
$48–75k
$10,287
$75–110k
$13,634
$110k+

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.

77%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,839
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 77% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,839. 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 128 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)
$37,224
Typical debt at graduation
$6,750
Debt vs. one year's pay
18%
Out-earn a HS grad
45%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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.

Women
$35,698
Men
$39,935

Men out-earn women by $4,237 (12%) 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
94°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
34.5″
Annual snow
3.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, EL Reno 1 N, OK US station (2.4 mi from campus).

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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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.