Private for-profit · Community college
Heartland Welding Academy
Andover, Kansas · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,194
- Avg net price
- 92%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Heartland Welding Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Andover, Kansas (large suburb setting), enrolling 47 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Andover, Kansas
Andover is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States, and an eastern suburb of Wichita. Later it was changed to Cloud City. Andover has a thriving local business community. Vornado Air is headquartered in Andover. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 11 miles to Wichita, KS
- To the ocean
- 562 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National (ICT)
How Heartland Welding Academy compares
Higher than 92% · #2 of 45 in Kansas
Cheaper than 31% · #42 cheapest of 46 in Kansas
Lower than 39%
Larger than 12%
Percentiles compare Heartland Welding Academy 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 Kansas.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White62%
- Black8.5%
- Hispanic23%
- Other or multiracial6.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 47
- Student–faculty ratio
- 18 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 49%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 32%
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
- $20,194
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
- 92%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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?
Heartland Welding Academy 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 32.6″
- Annual snow
- 8.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wichita Jabara AP, KS US station (5.8 mi from campus).
What Heartland Welding Academy 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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- Transfer
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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.