Kankakee Community College
Public Community College in Kankakee, IL. Six-year graduation rate 32%. Median 10-year earnings $38,767.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,767, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 32% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,969 — 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 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 32% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 32% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 57% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 21% 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 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,996 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $4,789 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $4,061 at $0–30k, $10,603 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 52% of students at an average of $6,261. Only 5% 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 · 293 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 | $4,061 |
| $30–48k | $2,781 |
| $48–75k | $5,449 |
| $75–110k | $7,610 |
| $110k+ | $10,603 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 101 of these 1,996 students, totalling $549,022 — an average of $5,436 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kankakee 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)