Is Laredo College Worth It?

Laredo College keeps your costs low and your debt lower, but the payoff is thin. You'll pay about $5,300 a year and leave with median debt under $3,000, one of the smallest debt loads you'll find at any public school. That's the strength here: you won't dig a deep hole. The weakness is what comes after. Median earnings ten years out sit at $33,934, which is close to what many workers in the Laredo area make without a degree at all.

The 30.5% graduation rate is the real risk. Fewer than one in three of you who start will finish, and the low debt figures partly reflect that many people leave before borrowing much. If you drop out, you get the cost with none of the credential. The financial math only works if you actually graduate, so treat finishing on time as the whole game.

No bachelor-level program earnings are listed, so there's no way to point you toward a major that pays off here. If you're using Laredo College as a transfer step toward a four-year degree elsewhere, the low price makes it a cheap place to knock out early credits. As a terminal degree aimed at higher earnings, the numbers don't back that up.

The net price stays affordable across income levels. If your family earns under $30,000, you'll pay around $4,877. even at $75,000-$110,000 it's about $9,344. Nobody here faces a crushing price tag. This school fits you if you're staying local, watching every dollar, and planning to transfer or land steady regional work. Look elsewhere if you're counting on a degree from here to lift your earnings well above the local baseline.