Public · Community college

Labette Community College

Parsons, Kansas · Remote town

32%
Transfer rate
$5,939
Avg net price
24%
Grad / completion
$37,818
Median earnings

Labette Community College is a public associate-granting institution in Parsons, Kansas (remote town setting), enrolling 801 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 801 undergradsRemote townNJCAA Division IICold winters

About Parsons, Kansas

Parsons is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. Parsons was named after Levi Parsons, president of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad. The town was founded in 1870 and incorporated the following year by the railroad. Katy Days is an annual festival held Memorial Day weekend to celebrate the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, also known as "the Katy" railroad. The founders of the festival are Mary and Pete Hughes. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Remote town
Highest degree offered
Associate
Nearest big city
91 miles to Tulsa, OK
To Great Lakes shore
511 miles
Nearest airport
44 miles to Joplin (JLN)

How Labette Community College compares

Graduation rate24%

Higher than 7% · #44 of 45 in Kansas

First-year retention63%

Higher than 28%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,818

Higher than 59% · #25 of 42 in Kansas

Average net price$5,939

Cheaper than 87% · #6 cheapest of 46 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$10,500

Lower than 42%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment801

Larger than 70%

Percentiles compare Labette 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

801undergrads
  • Women54969%
  • Men25231%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White73%
  • Black4.9%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
801
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
23%
First-generation students
43%
Students over 25
16%
Median family income
$28,520
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$61,182
Endowment
$840,097

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,064
Out-of-state tuition
$4,864
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,550
Total cost of attendance
$13,364
Average net price
$5,939

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
24%
First-year retention
63%
Transferred to another college
32%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,424
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$37,818
Median debt at graduation
$10,500
Students with federal loans
8%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
45%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
24%
First-generation
23%

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
Athletics
NJCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
118 (73 men · 45 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 (5)

Baseball31
Wrestling29
Basketball22
Softball18
Volleyball18

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

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
5

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,426 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
0 violent a year1.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
1.7

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
$4,578
$30–48k
$3,927
$48–75k
$7,168
$75–110k
$8,737
$110k+
$11,507

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.

81%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,745
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 81% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,745. 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 167 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)
$37,818
Typical debt at graduation
$10,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
28%
Out-earn a HS grad
50%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 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
$35,548
Men
$42,629

Men out-earn women by $7,081 (20%) 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
90°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
44.9″
Annual snow
7.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.46.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Parsons 2 NW, KS US station (2.7 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.