Public · Community college
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
Cape Girardeau, Missouri · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $17,598
- Avg net price
- 71%
- Grad / completion
- $44,369
- Median earnings
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Cape Girardeau, Missouri (small city setting), enrolling 159 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Cape Girardeau is a city in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The "Cape" in the city name referred to a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River; it was later destroyed by railroad construction. As early as 1765, a bend in the Mississippi River, about 60 miles (97 km) south of the French village of Ste. Scenes for the film Gone Girl (2014), which is set in the fictional North Carthage, Missouri, were shot in Cape Girardeau. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 100 miles to St. Louis, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 323 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Cape Girardeau (CGI)
How Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center compares
Higher than 64% · #36 of 70 in Missouri
Higher than 71%
Higher than 82% · #12 of 62 in Missouri
Cheaper than 41% · #41 cheapest of 68 in Missouri
Lower than 67%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 39%
Percentiles compare Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center 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
- Women11975%
- Men4025%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White74%
- Black18%
- Hispanic1.3%
- Asian0.6%
- Other or multiracial5.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 159
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
- First-generation students
- 57%
- Students over 25
- 45%
- Median family income
- $22,732
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $17,598
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 71%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,113
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,369
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,750
- Students with federal loans
- 24%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 52%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $20
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?
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center 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)
- $44,369
- Typical debt at graduation
- $8,750
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 20%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 58%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $19,779 (54%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 89°F
- Winter low
- 26°F
- Annual rain
- 47.9″
- Annual snow
- 7.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cape Girardeau Muni AP, MO US station (3.4 mi from campus).
What Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center 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.