Northwest Kansas Technical College
Northwest Kansas Technical College offers hands-on training, particularly in trades like diesel mechanics, where students work on actual equipment such as local farmers' machinery. The school emphasizes career outcomes, with nearly all programs boasting over 95% job placement immediately after graduation. They also provide a job success guarantee, offering free additional training if a graduate's employer deems them insufficiently trained in a specific area. The college stands out as the only technical school in Kansas with an athletic program and provides a full college experience with residence halls and meal plans.
Programs Analyzed
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All Programs at Northwest Kansas Technical College
1 trade program at Northwest Kansas Tech, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Vehicle Repair Technology
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60 | $41,638/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Northwest Kansas Technical College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.