Public · Community college

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, Kentucky · Distant town

11%
Transfer rate
$5,406
Avg net price
49%
Grad / completion
$35,733
Median earnings

Madisonville Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Madisonville, Kentucky (distant town setting), enrolling 1,841 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,841 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Madisonville, Kentucky

Madisonville is a city in and the county seat of Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States, located along Interstate 69 in the state's Western Coal Fields region. Madisonville was founded in 1807 and named for then-Secretary of State James Madison. It was named the seat of Hopkins County in 1808 and formally incorporated in 1810. Because of its location near important roadways, Madisonville is a leading manufacturing hub for western Kentucky. Industrial and factory production has revitalized the local post-coal economy. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Associate
To Great Lakes shore
295 miles
Nearest airport
32 miles to Owensboro Daviess County (OWB)

How Madisonville Community College compares

Graduation rate49%

Higher than 35% · #32 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention66%

Higher than 35%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,733

Higher than 51% · #11 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$5,406

Cheaper than 89% · #11 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$8,450

Lower than 70%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment1,841

Larger than 81%

Percentiles compare Madisonville 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

1,841undergrads
  • Women1,33472%
  • Men50728%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White81%
  • Black7.7%
  • Hispanic4.1%
  • Other or multiracial6.4%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
1,841
Student–faculty ratio
17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
30%
First-generation students
53%
Students over 25
35%
Median family income
$22,750
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$53,838

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 400 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Kentucky99%
  • Other U.S. states1.0%

Most first-years stay in state — Madisonville 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
$13,911
Average net price
$5,406

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
49%
First-year retention
66%
Transferred to another college
11%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$31,257
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$35,733
Median debt at graduation
$8,450
Students with federal loans
10%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
49%
Low-income (Pell)
36%
First-generation
36%

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 1 campus (3,569 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
$3,843
$30–48k
$4,862
$48–75k
$6,972
$75–110k
$8,078
$110k+
$11,435

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.

37%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,171
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 37% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,171. 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 279 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)
$35,733
Typical debt at graduation
$8,450
Debt vs. one year's pay
24%
Out-earn a HS grad
43%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 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
$32,431
Men
$44,388

Men out-earn women by $11,957 (37%) 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
89°F
Winter low
28°F
Annual rain
52.2″
Annual snow
4.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Madisonville, KY US station (1.2 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.