Hazard Community
and Technical College
Public Community College in Hazard, KY. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $29,868.
Ten-year median earnings of $29,868 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 48%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,125.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 57% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,404 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $4,819 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($2,426 versus $9,717), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $6,307, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Only 21% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
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 · 257 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 | $2,426 |
| $30–48k | $3,204 |
| $48–75k | $4,702 |
| $75–110k | $5,330 |
| $110k+ | $9,717 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 288 of these 1,404 students, totalling $1,747,414 — an average of $6,067 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Perry 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)