Central Christian
College of Kansas
Private College in McPherson, KS. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $44,468.
Students who entered Central Christian College of Kansas land at a median of $44,468 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is the weak point: 30% graduate within six years. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 53% of applicants are offered a place. Only 719 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 35% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 30% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 45% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 38% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 380 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $12,143 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,689 versus $15,113), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $17,162, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 80% take federal loans.
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 · 88 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 | $11,689 |
| $30–48k | $5,816 |
| $48–75k | $10,941 |
| $75–110k | $17,373 |
| $110k+ | $15,113 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 304 of these 380 students, totalling $2,264,709 — an average of $7,450 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (McPherson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)