Public · Community college

Butler Community College

El Dorado, Kansas · Distant town

24%
Transfer rate
$15,724
Avg net price
32%
Grad / completion
$41,206
Median earnings

Butler Community College is a public associate-granting institution in El Dorado, Kansas (distant town setting), enrolling 5,104 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 5,104 undergradsDistant townNJCAA Division ICold winters

About El Dorado, Kansas

El Dorado is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Kansas, United States. El Dorado was laid out and platted in 1868. The name is of Spanish origin meaning "golden land". El Dorado was incorporated in 1870. In April 2010, the Hot Rod Cafe (formerly the El Dorado theater on Main Street) was filmed for the documentary reality television series American Pickers episode "Easy Riders", which aired July 26, 2010. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
26 miles to Wichita, KS
To Great Lakes shore
565 miles
Nearest airport
32 miles to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National (ICT)

How Butler Community College compares

Graduation rate32%

Higher than 16% · #41 of 45 in Kansas

First-year retention63%

Higher than 29%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$41,206

Higher than 73% · #17 of 42 in Kansas

Average net price$15,724

Cheaper than 48% · #33 cheapest of 46 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment5,104

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Butler Community 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 Kansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

5,104undergrads
  • Women3,04460%
  • Men2,06040%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White54%
  • Black10%
  • Hispanic18%
  • Asian4.1%
  • Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
5,104
Student–faculty ratio
19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
42%
Students over 25
26%
Median family income
$29,514
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$63,396
Endowment
$14,045,617

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$3,541
Out-of-state tuition
$6,271
Room & board
$7,550
Books & supplies
$1,000
Total cost of attendance
$21,295
Average net price
$15,724

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
32%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
24%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,102
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$41,206
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
18%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
34%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
32%
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
Yes
Dorm capacity
367
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
7%
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
339 (239 men · 100 women)

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%.

Varsity sports (7)

Football143
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)64
Baseball41
Soccer28
Basketball27
Softball18
Volleyball18

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
3
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (6,841 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.

1.7reported offenses a year
1.0 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
0.7
Burglary
0.7
Rape
0.3

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
$13,485
$30–48k
$16,423
$48–75k
$16,840
$75–110k
$17,258
$110k+
$20,810

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.

54%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,347
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,347. 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 1,042 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)
$41,206
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
25%
Out-earn a HS grad
48%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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
$37,856
Men
$46,039

Men out-earn women by $8,183 (22%) 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
91°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
38.7″
Annual snow
4.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, EL Dorado, KS US station (2.3 mi from campus).

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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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.