Public · Community college
Applied Tech
Sunset Hills, Missouri · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $23,405
- Avg net price
- 34%
- Grad / completion
- $56,508
- Median earnings
Applied Tech is a public certificate-granting institution in Sunset Hills, Missouri (large suburb setting), enrolling 172 undergraduates.
About Sunset Hills, Missouri
Sunset Hills is a city in south St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Sunset Hills was incorporated in June 1957. In April 1973, it established its own Police Department, and in 1981, it purchased a landscaping service in order to establish the city's public works department. Sunset Hills is home to Laumeier Sculpture Park, an outdoor sculpture garden. It has rotating indoor exhibitions and numerous large sculptures on the park grounds. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 13 miles to St. Louis, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 267 miles
- Nearest airport
- 14 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub
How Applied Tech compares
More selective than 90% · #1 most selective of 16 in Missouri
Higher than 19% · #63 of 70 in Missouri
Higher than 28%
Higher than 95% · #3 of 62 in Missouri
Cheaper than 22% · #56 cheapest of 68 in Missouri
Lower than 15%
Lower than 44%
Larger than 41%
Percentiles compare Applied Tech with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Missouri.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women16395%
- Men95%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White8.7%
- Black91%
- Asian0.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 172
- Student–faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
- First-generation students
- 58%
- Students over 25
- 78%
- Median family income
- $19,358
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $23,405
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 40.7%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
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- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
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- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 34%
- First-year retention
- 63%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $57,854
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,508
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 22%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Applied Tech funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $56,508
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 26%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 69%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 90°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 43.9″
- Annual snow
- 8.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (9.8 mi from campus).
What Applied Tech graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.