Public · Community college

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Lexington, Kentucky · Large city

13%
Transfer rate
$6,113
Avg net price
43%
Grad / completion
$36,343
Median earnings

Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Lexington, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 8,244 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 8,244 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. Lexington was named in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. The Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival, is in early June; it includes three stages for music and a "bluegrass music camp" for school children. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
1 mile to Lexington, KY
To Great Lakes shore
247 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Blue Grass (LEX)

How Bluegrass Community and Technical College compares

Graduation rate43%

Higher than 29% · #37 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention67%

Higher than 38%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,343

Higher than 54% · #6 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$6,113

Cheaper than 86% · #16 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment8,244

Larger than 95%

Percentiles compare Bluegrass Community and Technical College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

8,244undergrads
  • Women4,83159%
  • Men3,41341%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White64%
  • Black15%
  • Hispanic12%
  • Asian3.7%
  • Other or multiracial5.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
8,244
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
27%
Median family income
$24,109
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$53,082

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 1,827 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kentucky99%
  • Other U.S. states0.7%

Most first-years stay in state — Bluegrass Community and Technical College draws overwhelmingly from Kentucky.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,808
Out-of-state tuition
$6,512
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,268
Total cost of attendance
$13,902
Average net price
$6,113

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
43%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
13%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$32,081
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,343
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
18%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
43%
Low-income (Pell)
18%
First-generation
18%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
5.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
77
Property offenses (2022–2024)
116

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 8 campuses (12,965 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

64reported offenses a year
26 violent a year39 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
22
Rape
18
Burglary
16
Fondling
5.0
Robbery
1.7
Aggravated assault
1.3
Arson
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$4,728
$30–48k
$4,978
$48–75k
$7,019
$75–110k
$9,157
$110k+
$11,513

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

10%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,068
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 10% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,068. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 1,155 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$36,343
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
29%
Out-earn a HS grad
41%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$32,433
Men
$43,045

Men out-earn women by $10,612 (33%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
49.8″
Annual snow
14.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.75.4JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lexington Bluegrass AP, KY US station (5.9 mi from campus).

What Bluegrass Community and Technical College graduates study — and earn

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Colleges near Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.