Hutchinson Community College
Public Community College in Hutchinson, KS. Six-year graduation rate 53%. Median 10-year earnings $43,470.
Students who entered Hutchinson Community College land at a median of $43,470 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 54%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,773 — 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 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 54%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The part-time picture is harder: 39% return, against 68% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,911 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,090 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $5,584 at $0–30k, $12,772 at $110k+. 62% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,124 — common but not automatic. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 21% 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 · 693 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 | $5,584 |
| $30–48k | $5,642 |
| $48–75k | $7,156 |
| $75–110k | $10,758 |
| $110k+ | $12,772 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 608 of these 2,911 students, totalling $3,458,328 — an average of $5,688 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Reno 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)