Big Bend
Technical College
Public College in Perry, FL. Median 10-year earnings $27,609.
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention of 84% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Unusually, part-time retention (96%) beats full-time, pointing to a student body that is part-time by design. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 202 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,963 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,541 at $0–30k, $5,016 at $48–75k. 82% of students receive grant aid, averaging $2,968 — common but not automatic.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 74 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $9,541 |
| $30–48k | $11,151 |
| $48–75k | $5,016 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Taylor County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)