Manhattan Area Technical College

Manhattan, Kansas

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • City
  • 342 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.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 28 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Carpentry and construction

  • CarpentersCertificate · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
  • CarpentersAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Electrician

  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
  • Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124

Engineering technology

  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717

HVAC and refrigeration

  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
  • Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,589

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 97 finishedGraduates here earned $36,372 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $72,671 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $47,196 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (4)
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,996
  • Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,385
  • Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCertificate · 14 finishedNationally: $26,824
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,629
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$11,277$30–48k$9,567$48–75k$5,020$75–110k$9,154Over $110k$7,458Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,716per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$18,502sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$10,740Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
14%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
68%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$49,3446 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$51,66510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$7,425federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
61%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
21%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 Manhattan Area Technical 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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