Cowley County Community College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.8-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 38 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 36 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing2 · 5.3%
- No Data36 · 94.7%
- 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.
Higher Learning Commission
Action history · 3
- Jan 2025Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- May 2016Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- May 2016Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
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, 1,138 students received $5.3M in Pell grants, alongside $3.3M 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 705 borrowers who entered repayment, 10 (1.4%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Cowley
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
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 campus3
- Public property3
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.
Cowley vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Cowley 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCowley County Community College | 45% | — | 2,235 | $7,175 | Community College |
| — | — | 2,190 | $10,454 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,715 | $11,685 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,409 | $7,886 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,322 | $9,731 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,119 | $6,727 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 45% | — | 1,953 | $8,809 |
Institutions like Cowley
Explore the federal data for institutions in Cowley's comparison group.
- Community CollegeKansas
Highland Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,190Net price$10,454View data - Community CollegeKansas
Cloud County Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,715Net price$11,685View data - Community CollegeKansas
Colby Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,409Net price$7,886View data - Community CollegeKansas
Pratt Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,322Net price$9,731View data - Community CollegeKansas
Hutchinson Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,119Net price$6,727View data
Cowley Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Accountability and Institutional Measures (AIM) support student success and institutional effectiveness by monitoring continuous quality improvement activities.
Visit IR office page- Ryan Burkett, Ph.D.Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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