Hesston College
Private Community College in Hesston, KS. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $47,495.
Students who entered Hesston College land at a median of $47,495 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $12,000 — 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 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 54%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 308 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,723 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,762 at $0–30k against $26,267 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $22,115, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 108 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 | $20,762 |
| $30–48k | $19,140 |
| $48–75k | $27,809 |
| $75–110k | $36,239 |
| $110k+ | $26,267 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 204 of these 308 students, totalling $1,379,665 — an average of $6,763 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harvey 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)