Fort Hays
Tech North Central
Public Community College in Beloit, KS. Six-year graduation rate 78%. Median 10-year earnings $46,928.
Ten years after entry, the median Fort Hays Tech North Central student earns $46,928 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate of 78% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $10,000, 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 0.21 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 78% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 78% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 82%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 10:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 957 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 472 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,971 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($9,386 versus $16,530), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 75% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,982 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing reaches 44% of students.
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 · 192 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 | $9,386 |
| $30–48k | $11,999 |
| $48–75k | $12,948 |
| $75–110k | $12,975 |
| $110k+ | $16,530 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 208 of these 472 students, totalling $1,305,123 — an average of $6,275 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mitchell 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)