by our College Data Analytics TeamHere’s the full picture on paying for Ross College-Hopkinsville, spanning what it costs to attend, projected costs over a degree, net price, debt outcomes, and aid equity.
Use the section links below to navigate this overview:
The net price figure shows the cost after grants and scholarships are deducted. For most students, this is the more useful number than published tuition because it reflects the real out-of-pocket cost.
| Average net price (on-campus) | $19,909.00 |
| Average net price (off-campus) | $21,724.00 |
Net price is not the same for every family — it falls as financial need rises and grant aid increases. The breakdown below splits average net price across income brackets:
| Family income | Average net price |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $21,516.00 |
| $30,000 to $48,000 | $22,290.00 |
| Over $110,000 | $26,586.00 |
Use Ross College-Hopkinsville Net Price Calculator, or visit the financial aid office.
Want to know how that aid is awarded? See the financial aid breakdown.
The typical debt load for borrowers leaving Ross College-Hopkinsville amounts to $7,719.00, landing it in the Very Low (<$10k) debt-burden category.
Here’s how debt at graduation distributes across borrowers:
| Percentile | Debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| 10th | $2,596.00 |
| 25th | $5,500.00 |
| Median (50th) | $7,719.00 |
| 75th | $9,500.00 |
| 90th | $9,500.00 |
The gap between 10th and 90th percentile borrowers gives a sense of how uneven debt outcomes are.
Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student loan debt detail.
Student debt at graduation is not evenly distributed across income levels. The table below divides borrowers into three income tiers:
| Family income | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| Low income | $8,609.00 |
| Middle income | $7,000.00 |
| High income | $5,500.00 |
Borrowers from lower-income families leave school with $3,109.00 more than graduates from high-income families.
Whether your parents attended college is associated with differences in median debt at graduation.
| Student group | Median debt at graduation |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $7,750.00 |
| Continuing-generation students | $7,221.00 |
First-generation graduates from Ross College-Hopkinsville graduate with $529.00 in extra median debt compared with continuing-generation peers.
Pell Grant eligibility is a useful proxy for low-income status among undergraduates. Looking at Pell recipients versus non-recipients tells us how debt is distributed across need.
The median debt gap between Pell and non-Pell graduates of Ross College-Hopkinsville is $2,731.00. This school carries a federal Pell-debt-inequity flag.
The default-rate classification at Ross College-Hopkinsville is Low (<5%).
| Window | Cohort default rate |
|---|---|
| 2-year | 9.4% |
| 3-year | 0.2% |
To put the rates in context, Stafford loans at Ross College-Hopkinsville reach $270,946,967.00 covering 23,511 loan recipients.
Veterans and active-duty students can access dedicated federal education aid including the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Department of Defense Tuition Assistance.
| GI Bill recipients | 8 |
| Avg GI Bill amount | $11,678.00 |
Explore GI Bill and military aid in detail on the veterans benefits detail.
The data above is a foundation; round it out by asking yourself about Ross College-Hopkinsville, a few questions are worth asking:
Dig further into the cost picture with the related pages below:
Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.