Flint Hills
Technical College
Public Community College in Emporia, KS. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $47,007.
Students who entered Flint Hills Technical College land at a median of $47,007 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,625 — 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 0.14 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 68% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,639 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 342 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,816 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($16,611 versus $15,165), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 84% of students at an average of $7,655. About 30% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 84 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 | $16,611 |
| $30–48k | $14,227 |
| $48–75k | $16,464 |
| $75–110k | $18,242 |
| $110k+ | $15,165 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 103 of these 342 students, totalling $641,033 — an average of $6,224 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lyon 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)