+29%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Manhattan Area Technical College rose 29% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.7k → $9.8k).
Kansas · Public · Predominantly certificates
Manhattan Area Technical College
Manhattan, Kansas. 328 undergraduate students. 28 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Manhattan Area Technical College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Manhattan Area Technical College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.0% → 0.0%).
+29%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Manhattan Area Technical College rose 29% between 2021 and 2024 ($7.7k → $9.8k).
+25%
Public certificate-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Manhattan Area Technical College are 25% above the public certificate-predominant peer median ($51.9k vs $41.4k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kansas
Each tile compares this institution to the Kansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$51,864+15% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407$44,928
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry66.1%-25% · '97→'09
Kansas median 46.4%$7,601+262% · '97→'20
At program completion328+253% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS78.5%+23% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$9,276+239% · '07→'24
out-of-state $9,276SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.0%Median federal debt $7,601 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,864 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-25%
Manhattan Area Technical College · completion · 150% fell
78.0% → 58.2%
+23%
Manhattan Area Technical College · retention rose
62.0% → 76.2%
+123%
Manhattan Area Technical College · undergrad enrollment rose
97 → 342
+239%
Manhattan Area Technical College · in-state tuition rose
$2,900 → $9,844
+239%
Manhattan Area Technical College · out-of-state tuition rose
$2,900 → $9,844
+262%
Manhattan Area Technical College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $9,500
-100%
Manhattan Area Technical College · cohort default rate fell
6.2% → 0.0%
-75%
Manhattan Area Technical College · pell share fell
43.2% → 10.9%
+38%
Manhattan Area Technical College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,600 → $51,864
+45%
Manhattan Area Technical College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$33,100 → $48,089
+39%
Manhattan Area Technical College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,300 → $44,928
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$100,127Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$71,499Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$70,095Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$70,017Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants.$62,156Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.$53,900Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR).$52,420Business Operations Support and Assistant Services.$30,758
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
8 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Manhattan Area Technical College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$606,383
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 1
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $13,887
- HS-only baseline · KS
- $36,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Kansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Manhattan Area Technical College graduates earn $X” — not “Manhattan Area Technical College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Manhattan Area Technical College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.