Butler County
Community College
Public Community College in Butler, PA. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $38,891.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,891, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 37% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $10,020 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Retention drops to 48% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,902 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $5,792 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($4,083 versus $11,826), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 61% get grants averaging $4,308, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 22% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 421 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 | $4,083 |
| $30–48k | $3,439 |
| $48–75k | $6,865 |
| $75–110k | $9,940 |
| $110k+ | $11,826 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 409 of these 1,902 students, totalling $1,783,949 — an average of $4,362 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Butler 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)