Kilgore College
Public Community College in Kilgore, TX. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $37,975.
Students who entered Kilgore College reach a median of $37,975 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,967. It also moves people — 2.0% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 39% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,133 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,755 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $5,364 at $0–30k against $13,356 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 76% get grants averaging $5,708, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 24% 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 · 772 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 | $5,364 |
| $30–48k | $6,282 |
| $48–75k | $8,905 |
| $75–110k | $12,386 |
| $110k+ | $13,356 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 742 of these 3,133 students, totalling $4,612,422 — an average of $6,216 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Gregg 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)