Madisonville Community College
Public Community College in Madisonville, KY. Six-year graduation rate 49%. Median 10-year earnings $35,733.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,733 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 49% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,450 — 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 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 49% finish inside six years. Retention of 66% 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. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,797 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $7,141 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,843 at $0–30k against $11,435 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 86% receive grants worth $5,505 on average. 20% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 283 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 | $3,843 |
| $30–48k | $4,862 |
| $48–75k | $6,972 |
| $75–110k | $8,078 |
| $110k+ | $11,435 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 353 of these 1,797 students, totalling $1,988,518 — an average of $5,633 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Hopkins 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)