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Community college · Public

Manhattan Area Technical College

Manhattan, KS11 online only

Manhattan Area Technical College is a public community college in Manhattan, KS, with about 957 students on campus.

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Students on campus
957
plus 11 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$10,074
tuition and fees $9,844; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
74%
higher than at 65% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$51,864
higher than at 74% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Manhattan Area Technical College

Little price break for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $12,767 a year after grants, about the same as the $8,984 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓

Students are a big part of Manhattan

32% of Manhattan’s 54,673 residents are enrolled in college. Living in Manhattan ↓

Loan payments are a small share of pay

The typical graduate owes $9,500, about $101 a month over ten years. That’s 2.7% of a typical former student’s monthly pay six years after starting. Outcomes ↓

Manhattan Area Technical College is mostly about health professions

51% of the degrees Manhattan Area Technical College awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, construction trades, is 16%. Majors ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $19,407 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees (in state) $9,844Books & supplies $1,800Other costs $7,763

After grants, the average family on aid pays $10,074.

Tuition and fees are $9,844 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

$7,939

About $15,878 over 2 years · 59% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Manhattan Area Technical College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Manhattan Area Technical College is likely test-optional.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
74%
within 3 years · Pell students 67%
Come back for year two
76%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$51,864
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$9,500
about $101 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

2.7%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$101 a month against about $3,744 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

49%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 57% 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
$43k
Middle income$30–75k
$58k
Higher incomeover $75k
$69k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 51%Construction trades 16%Mechanic & repair 15%Precision production 14%Engineering tech 2%Computer science 1%Everything else 1%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing26 graduates a year · typical debt $12,300
$74k4 yrs out
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management11 graduates a year
—not reported
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers9 graduates a year
$105k4 yrs out
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians9 graduates a year
—not reported
Carpenters6 graduates a year
—not reported
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions6 graduates a year
—not reported
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)5 graduates a year
—not reported
Accounting and Related Services3 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

342 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 69%Hispanic 13%Black 9%Asian 1%Two or more 5%International 1%

Women and men

Women 46%Men 54%
16 : 1
students per teacher
11%
get Pell grants (lower income)
12%
take federal loans
10%
undergrads 25 or older
33%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Manhattan

32% of Manhattan’s 54,673 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Manhattan pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

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

Kansas State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Manhattan
2 mi16,791 students
Manhattan Christian CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Manhattan
2.1 mi116 students

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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.