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Hopkinsville Community College

Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Distant town

10%
Transfer rate: $5,875
Avg net price: 45%
Grad / completion: $36,323
Median earnings

Hopkinsville Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Hopkinsville, Kentucky (distant town setting), enrolling 1,630 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,630 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Hopkinsville is a city in and the county seat of Christian County, Kentucky, United States. Following the creation of Christian County the same year, the Woods donated 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land and a half interest in their Old Rock Spring to form its seat of government in 1797. Hopkinsville is home to The Alhambra, a 650-seat theatre established in 1928. It opened as a film cinema but had been a performance venue since 1983, when operations were taken over by the Pennyroyal Arts Council. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 63 miles to Nashville, TN
To Great Lakes shore: 328 miles
Nearest airport: 62 miles to Owensboro Daviess County (OWB)

How Hopkinsville Community College compares

Graduation rate45%

Higher than 32% · #36 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention66%

Higher than 34%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,323

Higher than 53% · #7 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$5,875

Cheaper than 87% · #15 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$10,691

Lower than 38%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment1,630

Larger than 79%

Percentiles compare Hopkinsville 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 Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women1,07166%
Men55934%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White52%
Black26%
Hispanic13%
Asian1.7%
Other or multiracial7.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,630
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 45%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $24,302
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $48,042

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 307 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Kentucky86%
Other U.S. states14%

Most first-years stay in state — Hopkinsville Community 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: $14,469
Average net price: $5,875

Outcomes

Graduated: 45%
First-year retention: 66%
Transferred to another college: 10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,645
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $36,323
Median debt at graduation: $10,691
Students with federal loans: 13%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

45%

Low-income (Pell)

17%

First-generation

17%

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$5,402

$30–48k

$5,352

$48–75k

$6,107

$75–110k

$8,405

$110k+

$13,608

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.

34%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,266

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 34% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,266. 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 229 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): $36,323
Typical debt at graduation: $10,691
Debt vs. one year's pay: 29%
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

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

$32,603

Men

$46,237

Men out-earn women by $13,634 (42%) 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: 88°F
Winter low: 27°F
Annual rain: 51.8″
Annual snow: 5.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hopkinsville, KY US station (2.9 mi from campus).

What Hopkinsville Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

201 grads$28k 1 yr$37k 5 yr$10k debt

201$27,978$37,089$9,500 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

130 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

130———Ground TransportationCert.

109 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

109———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

90 grads$37k 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

90$37,077—$10,898 Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

85 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

85———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

52 grads$66k 1 yr$58k 5 yr$19k debt

52$65,979$57,978$19,409 Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCert.

50 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

50———CarpentersCert.

44 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

44———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

40 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

40———Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCert.

31 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

31———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

30 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

30———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

27 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

27———

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.