Bluegrass Community
and Technical College
Public Community College in Lexington, KY. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $36,343.
Students who entered Bluegrass Community and Technical College reach a median of $36,343 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
43% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 67% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 13% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 48% return, against 67% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,713 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,749 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,728 at $0–30k against $11,513 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 78% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,094 — common but not automatic. 27% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,106 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 | $4,728 |
| $30–48k | $4,978 |
| $48–75k | $7,019 |
| $75–110k | $9,157 |
| $110k+ | $11,513 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,091 of these 7,713 students, totalling $12,120,698 — an average of $5,797 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Fayette 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)