Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Big Sandy Community and Technical College has open admission, so it admits all applicants who meet basic requirements (effectively a 100% acceptance rate). 38% of students graduate within 150% of normal time (3 years for an associate degree), per 2024 IPEDS data. In-state tuition and fees are $4,728 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $6,432 (2024). Fall enrollment is 2,618 students, and 3,323 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 52 Title IV programs, 3 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 48 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing3 · 5.8%
- No Data48 · 92.3%
- Failing1 · 1.9%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 19
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Assisting (DA)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,542 students received $7.6M in Pell grants, alongside $3.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 709 borrowers who entered repayment, 45 (6.3%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Big Sandy Community and Technical College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Big Sandy Community and Technical College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBig Sandy Community and Technical College | — | Open admission | 2,618 | $3,873 | Community College |
Fletcher Technical Community College | — | Open admission | 2,663 | $10,527 | Community College |
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,101 | No freshman cohort | — |
Copiah-Lincoln Community College | — | Open admission | 2,932 | $3,894 | Community College |
East Central Community College | — | Open admission | 2,785 | $5,240 | Community College |
Medical University of South Carolina | No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 3,246 | No freshman cohort | — |
| Peer group median | — | — | 2,859 | $4,567 |
Institutions like Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Explore the federal data for institutions in Big Sandy Community and Technical College's comparison group.
- Community CollegeLouisiana
Fletcher Technical Community College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment2,663Net price$10,527 - Tennessee
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,101Net priceNo freshman cohort - Community CollegeMississippi
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment2,932Net price$3,894 - Community CollegeMississippi
East Central Community College
Grad rate—Admit rateOpen admissionEnrollment2,785Net price$5,240 - South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina
Grad rateNo freshman cohortAdmit rateNo freshman entryEnrollment3,246Net priceNo freshman cohort
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
ORPA supports the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)'s vision to be the primary provider of skilled talent to grow Kentucky by conducting research to identify emerging trends and assess institutional performance.
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