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Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas·Public, 2-year·Plains·butlercc.edu
6-yr Graduation
32%
Total enrollment
6,841
peer median 4,374
Avg net price
$16,051
+$7.6k vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
32%
Full-time retention
63%

Pell equity

3.0pp gap
Pell recipients
29%
Non-Pell
26%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 81 Title IV programs, 8 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 73 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
81
Passing
8
9.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

81programs
  • Passing8 · 9.9%
  • No Data73 · 90.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
3
Safe
5
No data
73

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.

8
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+13.5%
$38,672 vs $34,058
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+23.2%
$41,954 vs $34,058
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+23.5%
$42,070 vs $34,058
Education General
Associate Degree · Education
+27.6%
$43,466 vs $34,058
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
Associate Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+43.1%
$48,723 vs $34,058
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+45.2%
$49,461 vs $34,058
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+59.2%
$54,208 vs $34,058
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+116.4%
$73,708 vs $34,058

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Accounting and Related Services
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
38%
$15,750 debt · $41,954 earn
Education General
Associate Degree · Education
25%
$11,000 debt · $43,466 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
24%
$10,000 debt · $42,070 earn
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences General
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
22%
$12,000 debt · $54,208 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
21%
$15,750 debt · $73,708 earn
Business/Commerce General
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
20%
$9,750 debt · $49,461 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1970Next review Aug 2033

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 5

  1. Oct 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  2. Jul 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  3. Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  4. Jun 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  5. Dec 2018Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$14,086
$30–48k$14,464
$48–75k$16,307
$75–110k$19,282
$110k+$20,278

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$16,051
+$7,628vs Community College median $8,423
Federal loans
18.3%
In-state tuition
$3,556
Out-of-state
$6,256

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 3,020 students received $12.7M in Pell grants, alongside $8.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
3,020
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$12.7M
$12,652,670 total
Direct Loans
$8.3M
2,292 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

3k
20
3k
21
3k
22
3k
23
3k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.7M
1,191 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.4M
1,090 loan awards
Parent PLUS$91K
11 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,693 borrowers who entered repayment, 35 (2.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.0%
-0.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,693
Defaulted
35
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.8%
2017
8.8%
2018
6.4%
2019
2.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Butler Community College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs101
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

945 total completions
01Liberal Arts
35137.1%
02Health Professions
20521.7%
03Business
12713.4%
04Education
737.7%
05Computer Sciences
505.3%
06Psychology
373.9%
07Social Sciences
283.0%
08Security/Protective
272.9%
09Agriculture
262.8%
10Engineering
212.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
6,841
12-mo unduplicated
9,198
Undergraduate
9,198
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
38%3,534
Women
62%5,664

Race / ethnicity composition

White
58.1%
Hispanic
15.9%
Black
9.4%
Unknown
8.3%
Asian
4.3%
Non-resident
3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
267
173 M · 94 W
Women athletes
35.2%
Athletic aid
$1.8M
Total student aid
Budget
$5.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.2M
$582K
Recruiting expense
$47K
$11K
Head-coach salaries
$59K
$56K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
84 M · 47 W
$565K
Football
78 M ·
$1.6M
Baseball
41 M ·
$470K
Basketball
15 M · 11 W
$753K
Soccer
· 26 W
$336K
Softball
· 22 W
$312K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.30
2 offenses · 6,697 students

3-year trend

0.282 yrs ago0.291 yr ago0.30Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
6
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2

By location

2total
  • On campus1
  • Public property1

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs05
Liquor06

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
19.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
140

Butler Community College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Butler Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectButler Community College
32%6,841$16,051Community College
Garden City Community College
2,079$8,681Community College
St Charles Community College
6,143$5,981Community College
Coffeyville Community College
1,466$5,481Community College
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
13,523$8,165Community College
Three Rivers College
2,604$9,980Community College
Peer group median32%4,374$8,423

Frequently asked questions about Butler Community College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Butler Community College.

What is the graduation rate at Butler Community College?

Butler Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 32% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Butler Community College?

Butler Community College reports a total enrollment of 6,841 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Butler Community College?

The average net price at Butler Community College is $16,051 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Butler Community College located?

Butler Community College is located in El Dorado, Kansas 67042-3280.

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