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Community college · Public

Jefferson College

Hillsboro, MO435 online only

Jefferson College is a public community college in Hillsboro, MO, with about 3,334 students on campus.

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Students on campus
3,334
plus 435 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,378
tuition and fees $5,250; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
38%
lower than at 80% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,782
higher than at 50% of U.S. colleges
In brief

Jefferson College, in brief

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $9,285, about $98 a month over ten years. That’s 3.4% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Jefferson College focuses on liberal arts

43% of the degrees Jefferson College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 20%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
38%
within 3 years · Pell students 30%
Come back for year two
69%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,782
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,285
about $98 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

3.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$98 a month against about $2,909 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

39%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 38% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$36k
Middle income$30–75k
$44k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Jefferson College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Jefferson College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,572 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,850

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,250Room & board $9,388Books & supplies $720

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,378.

Tuition and fees are $5,250 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$8,614

About $17,228 over 2 years · 37% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 43%Health professions 20%Public safety 6%Precision production 6%Business 5%Mechanic & repair 4%Everything else 16%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities356 graduates a year · typical debt $7,000
$44k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing49 graduates a year · typical debt $14,500
$82k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods31 graduates a year
$37k4 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions24 graduates a year
$59k4 yrs out
Business/Commerce, General23 graduates a year
$36k4 yrs out
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians13 graduates a year
$36k4 yrs out
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications12 graduates a year
$49k4 yrs out
Precision Metal Working10 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

2,552 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 87%Hispanic 4%Black 3%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 1%

Women and men

Women 60%Men 40%
14 : 1
students per teacher
30%
get Pell grants (lower income)
8%
take federal loans
16%
undergrads 25 or older
40%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Hillsboro

8% of Hillsboro’s 3,493 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Hillsboro pages.

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Straight-line distances from Jefferson College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.