Pratt Community College
Public Community College in Pratt, KS. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $51,892.
Ten years after entry, the median Pratt Community College student earns $51,892 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 45%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $6,500, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.13 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 15% 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. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 600 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,931 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,836 versus $11,229), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 85% of students get grant aid averaging $8,235, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 28% 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 · 279 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 | $8,836 |
| $30–48k | $9,181 |
| $48–75k | $10,404 |
| $75–110k | $9,314 |
| $110k+ | $11,229 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 165 of these 600 students, totalling $816,330 — an average of $4,947 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pratt 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)