PlainsRuralPublic4-yearHealth

Highland Community College

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

Highland, KS2,182 students
Acceptance Rate
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open admission
Median SAT
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Net Price After Aid
$10.4k
Sticker $4.1k
Graduation Rate
29%
6-year, full-time

Highland Community College is a public institution in Highland, KS and 2,182 students. The average net price after financial aid is $10,388 per year.

About Highland Community College

A public 4-year rural university in Highland, KS.

Highland Community College campus
Campus · Highland

Highland Community College is a college in Highland, KS. It enrolls roughly 2,182 students.

PlainsRuralPublic4-yearHealth
Acceptance Rate
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Open Admission
Total Enrollment
2,182
Small
Retention
39%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
29%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
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Admitted Student GPA
2.75
Average across admitted students

Accessible admissions with broad enrollment.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 2.75 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Highland Community College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Highland Community College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
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Tuition $4,116
Average net price after aid
$10,388
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$8,194
$30,001 – $48,000
$8,296
$48,001 – $75,000
$12,073
$75,001 – $110,000
$13,707
$110,001 +
$13,820

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
20%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
15%
Avg loan $5,500 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Highland Community College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
13:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Health
52% of degrees awarded
Retention
39%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Highland Community College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White30%
  • Asian15%
  • Hispanic47%
  • Black8%

Gender

  • Female55%
  • Male45%
International
0%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
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Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
2,182

Outcomes after graduation

What Highland Community College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$41.3k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
29%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$41.3k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$5.5k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$10.4k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$41k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 29% graduation rate is below the national average.

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