Colby Community College
Colby, Kansas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 838 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Animal SciencesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,121
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,671
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 82 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (16)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $40,381
- Energy Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $71,432
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 70 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $55,703
- Engineering, OtherCertificateNationally: $72,045
- Engineering, OtherAssociate degree
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,388
- Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $26,824
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 171 finishedGraduates here earned $28,719 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 23 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Veterinary Administrative ServicesCertificate · 59 finished
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansCertificateNationally: $29,038
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $38,494 a year afterNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $10,629per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,965sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,260Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 16%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 55%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,5286 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,49210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 44%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Colby Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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