Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.8-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 75 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 67 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing8 · 10.7%
- No Data67 · 89.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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 · 6
Action history · 32
- Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: Final Branch ApprovalSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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, 5,643 students received $24.4M in Pell grants, alongside $10.8M 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 1,852 borrowers who entered repayment, 60 (3.2%) 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 KCTCS
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
- On campus135
- Public property1
Includes 50 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Chellgren Hall1 fireIncendiaryDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 12 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
KCTCS vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions KCTCS 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectBluegrass Community and Technical College | 43% | — | 12,965 | $6,113 | Community College |
| — | — | 12,712 | $9,747 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,485 | $15,002 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,182 | $9,474 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,618 | $3,873 | Community College | |
| — | — | 9,226 | $4,647 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 43% | — | 11,334 | $7,794 |
Institutions like KCTCS
Explore the federal data for institutions in KCTCS's comparison group.
- Community CollegeLouisiana
Delgado Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment12,712Net price$9,747View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Guilford Technical Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment11,485Net price$15,002View data - Community CollegeLouisiana
Baton Rouge Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment11,182Net price$9,474View data - Community CollegeKentucky
Big Sandy Community and Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,618Net price$3,873View data - Community CollegeSouth Carolina
Midlands Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment9,226Net price$4,647View data
KCTCS Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Planning, Research, and Effectiveness (IPRE) serves to advance the mission of Bluegrass Community and Technical College through strategic planning, collection, analysis, and reporting of institutional data, and assessment and evaluation of programs and services. IPRE provides information to enable data-based decision making with the purpose of increasing student success and institutional quality.
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