Public · Community college

Central Louisiana Technical Community College

Alexandria, Louisiana · Small city

6%
Transfer rate: $5,702
Avg net price: 70%
Grad / completion: $29,558
Median earnings

Central Louisiana Technical Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Alexandria, Louisiana (small city setting), enrolling 1,078 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 1,078 undergradsSmall city

About Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of and the largest city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located along the Red River, the city of Alexandria was originally home to a community which supported activities of the adjacent French trader outpost of Post du Rapides. The Alexandria workforce consists of about 55,000 residents. Union Tank Car Company has recently located a plant northwest of Alexandria near the airport creating hundreds of jobs. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 79 miles to Lafayette, LA
To the ocean: 106 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Alexandria (AEX)

How Central Louisiana Technical Community College compares

Graduation rate70%

Higher than 62% · #28 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention73%

Higher than 51%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$29,558

Higher than 30% · #31 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$5,702

Cheaper than 88% · #6 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$7,000

Lower than 83%

Student–faculty ratio22 : 1

Lower than 21%

Undergraduate enrollment1,078

Larger than 74%

Percentiles compare Central Louisiana Technical Community College 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 Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women60156%
Men47744%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White45%
Black42%
Hispanic4.0%
Other or multiracial8.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 1,078
Student–faculty ratio: 22 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 69%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 34%
Median family income: $17,573
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $47,115
Endowment: $588,308

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $4,099
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,220
Total cost of attendance: $12,172
Average net price: $5,702

Outcomes

Graduated: 70%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 6%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $29,573
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $29,558
Median debt at graduation: $7,000
Students with federal loans: 45%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

70%

First-generation

54%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 1

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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.

< $30k

$5,683

$30–48k

$5,393

$48–75k

$8,092

$75–110k

$4,927

$110k+

—

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

28%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$733

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 28% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $733. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 188 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $29,558
Typical debt at graduation: $7,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$27,085

Men

$35,228

Men out-earn women by $8,143 (30%) 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: 92°F
Winter low: 38°F
Annual rain: 60.9″
Annual snow: 0.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Alexandria, LA US station (1.1 mi from campus).

What Central Louisiana Technical Community College graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal WorkingCert.

433 grads— 1 yr$40k 5 yr— debt

433—$39,806—Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

313 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr$10k debt

313—$41,546$9,500 Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

232 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

232———Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

56 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

56———Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCert.

55 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

55———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssoc.

38 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

38———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

37 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

37———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCert.

30 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

30———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

28 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

28———Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCert.

27 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

27———Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssoc.

25 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

25———Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCert.

24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

24———

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.