University of Pikeville
Private College in Pikeville, KY. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $48,231.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $48,231 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $20,679, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
42% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 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 20% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,140 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $13,227 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,115 at the $0–30k band to $25,755 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $29,191. Most students borrow — 92% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 315 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 | $13,115 |
| $30–48k | $18,160 |
| $48–75k | $23,075 |
| $75–110k | $24,065 |
| $110k+ | $25,755 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,049 of these 1,140 students, totalling $8,205,878 — an average of $7,823 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Pike 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)