Southeast Kentucky
Community & Technical College
Public Community College in Cumberland, KY. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $29,482.
Students who entered Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College reach a median of $29,482 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $6,919 — 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 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 47% finish inside six years. 68% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The part-time picture is harder: 37% return, against 68% full-time. A 23:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,680 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,744 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $2,963 while those at $110k+ pay $12,699. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $6,222 on average. 14% 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 · 309 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 | $2,963 |
| $30–48k | $3,368 |
| $48–75k | $6,079 |
| $75–110k | $7,573 |
| $110k+ | $12,699 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 228 of these 1,680 students, totalling $965,716 — an average of $4,236 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harlan 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)