Which Flint Hills Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $8,847 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Flint Hills Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Flint Hills Technical College cost?

Tuition and fees are $6,400 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,017 a year.

How many Flint Hills Technical College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Flint Hills Technical College report first-year pay, and 3 of them also report federal debt.

Flint Hills Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Emporia, KS
352 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Flint Hills Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Welding and Machining pays the most in the first year ($36,731), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($27,671). The median program pays $34,930. Flint Hills Technical College also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$6,400Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$16,017Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kansas.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kansas
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 17 graduates a year	$55,147	Not reported	$22,148	2nd of 2
Construction Finishing and InspectionAbout 10 graduates a year	$47,694	$59,270	Not reported	1st of 1

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kansas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Kansas
1	Welding and MachiningAbout 24 graduates a year	$36,731	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 5
2	Practical NursingAbout 76 graduates a year	$34,930	$52,306	$13,600	8th of 9
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 19 graduates a year	$27,671	$34,968	$8,847	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kansas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Kansas programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Welding and Machining graduates earn a median of $36,731 in their first year, the most of 3 Flint Hills Technical College certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Kansas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels