Which Manatee Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Cosmetology graduates leave with a median of $7,242 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Manatee Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Manatee Technical College cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $1,500 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $1,808.

How many Manatee Technical College programs report graduate pay?

10 certificate programs at Manatee Technical College report first-year pay, and 3 of them also report federal debt.

Manatee Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Bradenton, FL
1,486 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Manatee Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($58,216), and Cosmetology the least ($21,731). The median program pays $38,755.

Tuition for the largest program$1,500Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$1,808After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate64%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Florida" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Florida. 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 Florida
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 48 graduates a year	$58,216	Not reported	Not reported	6th of 20
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 44 graduates a year	$49,921	Not reported	$10,437	6th of 23
3	Practical NursingAbout 54 graduates a year	$47,102	Not reported	$11,500	4th of 43
4	HVACGraduates a year not reported	$45,926	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 18
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 57 graduates a year	$41,602	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 16
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$35,907	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 40
7	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 72 graduates a year	$31,290	Not reported	Not reported	18th of 28
8	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 24 graduates a year	$28,447	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 14
9	Culinary ArtsAbout 20 graduates a year	$27,210	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 5
10	CosmetologyAbout 209 graduates a year	$21,731	Not reported	$7,242	10th of 64

Program names link to the program's own page, and Florida 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 Florida programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Criminal Justice$58,216
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$49,921
Practical Nursing$47,102
HVAC$45,926
Welding and Machining$41,602

Lowest median debt

Cosmetology$7,242
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$10,437
Practical Nursing$11,500

Largest programs

CosmetologyAbout 209 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 72 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 57 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 54 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 48 graduates a year

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $58,216 in their first year, the most of 10 Manatee 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 Florida 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