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Hazard Community and Technical College

Hazard, Kentucky · Remote town

#1 best value in Kentucky
10%
Transfer rate
$2,955
Avg net price
48%
Grad / completion
$29,868
Median earnings

Hazard Community and Technical College is a public certificate-granting institution in Hazard, Kentucky (remote town setting), enrolling 1,506 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,506 undergradsRemote townCold winters

About Hazard, Kentucky

Hazard is a home rule-class city in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Local landowner Elijah Combs Sr. laid out the town in 1824 as the planned seat of the newly established Perry County. Both the town and the county were named for Cdre. Oliver Hazard Perry, a commander in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
290 miles
Nearest airport
68 miles to Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA (TRI)

How Hazard Community and Technical College compares

Graduation rate48%

Higher than 34% · #33 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention67%

Higher than 38%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,868

Higher than 31% · #25 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$2,955

Cheaper than 96% · #1 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$10,125

Lower than 45%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment1,506

Larger than 78%

Percentiles compare Hazard 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

1,506undergrads
  • Women86858%
  • Men63842%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White94%
  • Black2.4%
  • Hispanic1.1%
  • Other or multiracial2.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,506
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
32%
First-generation students
61%
Students over 25
30%
Median family income
$10,487
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$51,705

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 362 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kentucky100%

Most first-years stay in state — Hazard 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
$4,728
Out-of-state tuition
$6,432
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,268
Total cost of attendance
$12,520
Average net price
$2,955

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
48%
First-year retention
67%
Transferred to another college
10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$26,147
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$29,868
Median debt at graduation
$10,125
Students with federal loans
9%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
19%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
48%
Low-income (Pell)
27%
First-generation
27%

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
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 4 campuses (3,134 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
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
$2,426
$30–48k
$3,204
$48–75k
$4,702
$75–110k
$5,330
$110k+

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.

42%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,722
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 42% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,722. 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 248 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)
$29,868
Typical debt at graduation
$10,125
Debt vs. one year's pay
34%
Out-earn a HS grad
32%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.4 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
$27,526
Men
$33,903

Men out-earn women by $6,377 (23%) 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
86°F
Winter low
26°F
Annual rain
49.9″
Annual snow
16.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Skyline 1 SE, KY US station (14.3 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.