Garden City Community College
Garden City, Kansas
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 1,474 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 MechanizationAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $60,547 a year after finishingNationally: $56,110
- Agricultural Production OperationsCertificate · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,679
- Agricultural Production OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,686
- Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingCertificate · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,086
- Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,882
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
Computers and IT
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $22,148 a year after finishingNationally: $23,574
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,214
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 207 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (4)
- Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 32 finishedNationally: $26,824
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 287 finishedGraduates here earned $31,347 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 11 finishedNationally: $43,966
- MarketingAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $38,094
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,768per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,880sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,840Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 11%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 51%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,7136 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,49210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $6,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 43%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 Garden City 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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