Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
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 36 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 30 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 13.9%
- No Data30 · 83.3%
- Failing1 · 2.8%
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
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Council on Occupational Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 6
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2022Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Dec 2021Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Nov 2018Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
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, 2,565 students received $11.7M 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 613 borrowers who entered repayment, 11 (1.7%) 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 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 campus3
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.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSouthcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College | 58% | — | 5,825 | $3,537 | Community College |
| — | — | 3,371 | $3,731 | Community College | |
| — | — | 2,211 | $5,875 | Community College | |
| — | — | 5,371 | $1,776 | Community College | |
| — | — | 1,944 | $4,232 | Community College | |
| — | — | 6,332 | $4,966 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 58% | — | 4,371 | $3,982 |
Institutions like KCTCS
Explore the federal data for institutions in KCTCS's comparison group.
- Community CollegeKentucky
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,371Net price$3,731View data - Community CollegeKentucky
Hopkinsville Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,211Net price$5,875View data - Community CollegeNorth Carolina
Johnston Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment5,371Net price$1,776View data - Community CollegeKentucky
Henderson Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,944Net price$4,232View data - Community CollegeVirginia
Virginia Western Community College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment6,332Net price$4,966View data
KCTCS 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, providing coordination and support for research activities at KCTCS colleges, ensuring systemwide compliance with state and federal reporting requirements, furthering development of the Decision Support System and other information tools, and responding to external and internal requests for information.
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