Somerset Community College
Public Community College in Somerset, KY. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $30,787.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $30,787, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 43%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $12,215.
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
Completion is middling: 43% 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. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 53% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 19:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,899 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $5,748 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $3,671 at $0–30k, $9,860 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $6,037. 30% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 779 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 | $3,671 |
| $30–48k | $3,524 |
| $48–75k | $5,103 |
| $75–110k | $7,596 |
| $110k+ | $9,860 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,177 of these 3,899 students, totalling $6,448,456 — an average of $5,479 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pulaski 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)