Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Electrician Training graduates leave with a median of $6,999 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College certificate programs that report debt.

Q: How much does Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,728 a year, and $6,432 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,537 a year.

Q: How many Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs and 9 certificate programs at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Public college
Bowling Green, KY
3,308 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Heavy Equipment Maintenance pays the most in the first year ($61,026), and Health and Medical Administration the least ($21,287). The median program pays $46,451. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College also has 7 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,728Per year. Out-of-state $6,432

Average net price after aid$3,537Per year

Graduation rate58%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	NursingAbout 35 graduates a year	$62,552	$62,495	$18,523	19th of 26
2	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 50 graduates a year	$58,717	$68,628	$8,581	5th of 8
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 39 graduates a year	$45,182	$52,598	$21,669	11th of 13
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 10 graduates a year	$40,761	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2
5	Business AdministrationAbout 55 graduates a year	$34,615	$38,758	$17,210	8th of 11
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 303 graduates a year	$27,263	$35,798	$10,949	10th of 19
7	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$26,025	$43,909	$7,368	8th of 8

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

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

All 9 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 243 graduates a year	$61,026	Not reported	$8,693	3rd of 8
2	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 113 graduates a year	$60,381	Not reported	$8,396	2nd of 3
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 254 graduates a year	$58,996	Not reported	$9,413	1st of 10
4	Electrician TrainingAbout 481 graduates a year	$52,553	Not reported	$6,999	3rd of 8
5	HVACAbout 81 graduates a year	$46,451	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
6	Business AdministrationAbout 415 graduates a year	$31,559	Not reported	$12,080	8th of 10
7	Practical NursingAbout 269 graduates a year	$30,338	$31,152	$12,523	12th of 17
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 342 graduates a year	$28,568	Not reported	$7,010	9th of 9
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 131 graduates a year	$21,287	Not reported	$15,462	14th of 15

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Heavy Equipment Maintenance$61,026
Electrical Engineering Technology$60,381
Welding and Machining$58,996
Electrician Training$52,553
HVAC$46,451

Lowest median debt

Electrician Training$6,999
Computer and Information Science$7,010
Electrical Engineering Technology$8,396
Heavy Equipment Maintenance$8,693
Welding and Machining$9,413

Largest programs

Electrician TrainingAbout 481 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 415 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 342 graduates a year
Practical NursingAbout 269 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 254 graduates a year

Common questions

Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates earn a median of $61,026 in their first year, the most of 9 Southcentral Kentucky Community and 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 Kentucky 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