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Hazard Community and Technical College

Hazard Community and Technical College is a public institution in Hazard, Kentucky. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.

$2,955
Avg net price / yr
$29,868
10-yr median earnings
47.4%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Hazard Community and Technical College posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

19th pct.
former-student earnings, US
47.4%
150%-time completion
+14%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Remote Carnegie: Associate's
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Hazard Community and Technical College profile

Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-High Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.

Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.

Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.

College Value Score

D
College Value Score
49/100
Hazard Community and Technical College

A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.

Earnings F
$29,868
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$2,955
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
47.4%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B
$10,125
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
40.4%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Hazard Community and Technical College vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$29,868

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$2,955

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

47.4%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 47.4%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Hazard Community and Technical College vs peers

Hazard Community and Technical College positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Hazard Community and Technical College posit… Carnegie Classification: Associate's Associate's COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $25K $65K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $3K $22K Avg Net Price ($) Hazard Community and Technical College (you are here): $30K earn · $3K net · 47% grad You are here - Hazard Community a… Big Sandy Community and Technical College: $33K earn · $4K net · 38% grad Big Sandy Communit… Hopkinsville Community College: $36K earn · $6K net · 41% grad Hopkinsville Commu… Ashland Community and Technical College: $35K earn · $6K net · 55% grad Ashland Community … Kentucky State University: $36K earn · $8K net · 30% grad Kentucky State Uni… Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College: $29K earn · $4K net · 45% grad Southeast Kentucky… Madisonville Community College: $36K earn · $5K net · 52% grad Galen College of Nursing-ARH: $61K earn · $21K net · 56% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.

How Hazard Community and Technical College ranks nationally

Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.

Hazard Community and Technical College: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$29,868 19th percentile higher than 19% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Metric Hazard Community and Technical College National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $29,868 #4119 of 5103 19th
Average net price $2,955 #119 of 5020 98th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 47.4% #3155 of 4858 35th
Undergraduate enrollment 1,506 #1753 of 5462 68th

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

1,506
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
47.4%
150%-time completion
$29,868
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Hazard Community and Technical College ranks in Kentucky

State rank among 70 reporting Kentucky colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Hazard Community and Technical College State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $29,868 #53 of 70 24th
Average net price $2,955 #1 of 79 99th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 47.4% #52 of 75 31st
Undergraduate enrollment 1,506 #29 of 81 64th

Highest former-student earnings in Kentucky

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Centre College$66,240$20,781
2Bellarmine University$62,069$21,499
3Galen College of Nursing-Louisville$61,480$18,540
4Galen College of Nursing-ARH$61,480$21,164
5Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville$61,480$28,475
6Thomas More University$59,384$21,835
7University of Kentucky$59,025$18,851
8Transylvania University$54,705$21,913
9University of Louisville$53,899$17,988
10Georgetown College$52,074$14,095
11Northern Kentucky University$50,220$8,191
12Spalding University$49,438$25,491
53Hazard Community and Technical CollegeThis school$29,868$2,955

Costs & Financial Aid

Net price by family income at Hazard Community and Technical College

Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket

net price / yr

What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Hazard Community and Technical College - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Tuition & Net Price

In-State Tuition $4,728
Out-of-State Tuition $6,432
Average Net Price $2,955
32.0%
Pell Grant Rate
9.5%
Federal Loan Rate
$10,125
Median Debt
$107/mo
Monthly Payment

Hazard Community and Technical College costs less today than it did in 2013

Average net price fell from $5,922 to $3,376 (-43.0%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.

Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $5,9222014: $5,8552015: $4,2212016: $4,6572017: $5,8012018: $5,6852019: $4,0362020: $3,8172021: $4,1122022: $3,3612023: $3,376
2013 · $5,9222023 · $3,376

Over the same years, enrollment went -45.7% (2,585 → 1,404 students).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

57.6%
Female
60.8%
First Generation

Outcomes

$26,147
Median Earnings (6yr)
36.4%
Earning Over $25K
40.4%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 47.4%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $26,147
Median earnings 10 years after entry $29,868
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 36.4%
Loan repayment rate Completers, 3 years after leaving 40.4%
Median federal student debt At completion $10,125
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $107/mo

Programs & Earnings

Field-of-study summary by credential

Credential Programs Award count Avg earnings Top earnings Avg debt
Associate's 9 311 $56,212 $70,057 $11,088
Certificate 7 729 $43,076 $53,151 $9,250

Top programs at Hazard Community and Technical College by completer earnings

Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file

median earnings

What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.

Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard As of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's 41 $70,057 $11,888
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate's 21 $57,533 $8,001
Ground Transportation Certificate 84 $53,151 -
Health and Medical Administrative Services Certificate 96 $42,399 $11,500
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's 170 $41,046 $8,986
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate 231 $33,678 $7,000
Computer and Information Sciences, General Associate's 15 - -
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services Certificate 20 - -
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Certificate 99 - -
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Associate's 21 - -
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's 7 - -
Human Services, General Associate's 21 - $15,049
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) Certificate 89 - -
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Certificate 110 - -
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate's 1 - -

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Hazard Community and Technical College?
Hazard Community and Technical College is a public institution in Hazard, Kentucky. Undergraduate enrollment is 1,506 students.
How much do Hazard Community and Technical College former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Hazard Community and Technical College who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $29,868 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $26,147.
How much does Hazard Community and Technical College cost?
The average net price at Hazard Community and Technical College is $2,955. In-state tuition is $4,728 and out-of-state tuition is $6,432. Median student debt at graduation is $10,125.
What is the graduation rate at Hazard Community and Technical College?
Hazard Community and Technical College has a 47.4% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Hazard Community and Technical College worth the student debt?
The median student debt at Hazard Community and Technical College is $10,125, while former students earn a median of $29,868 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 34% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 40.4% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $107.

Sources & methodology

Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.

Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Where to go next from Hazard Community and Technical College

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