Public · Community college
Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester
McAlester, Oklahoma · Remote town
- 2%
- Transfer rate
- $6,569
- Avg net price
- 45%
- Grad / completion
- $31,625
- Median earnings
Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester is a public certificate-granting institution in McAlester, Oklahoma (remote town setting), enrolling 540 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About McAlester, Oklahoma
McAlester is a city in and the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The crossing of the east–west California Road with the north–south Texas Road formed a natural point of settlement. At the time of its founding, the site was located in Tobucksy County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. Agriculture and coal mining supported the city's economy around the turn of the 20th century. Cotton was the main cash crop, and McAlester had three cotton gins and one cotton compress. Then a boll weevil infestation destroyed local cotton production. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 86 miles to Tulsa, OK
- To the ocean
- 359 miles
- Nearest airport
- 83 miles to Fort Smith (FSM)
How Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester compares
Higher than 32% · #50 of 67 in Oklahoma
Higher than 40%
Higher than 38% · #39 of 61 in Oklahoma
Cheaper than 84% · #16 cheapest of 62 in Oklahoma
Lower than 98%
Larger than 63%
Percentiles compare Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester 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 Oklahoma.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women33562%
- Men20538%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White52%
- Black3.3%
- Hispanic4.8%
- Other or multiracial40%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 540
- Student–faculty ratio
- 4 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 11%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 29%
- Median family income
- $14,777
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 172 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Oklahoma96%
- Other U.S. states4.1%
Most first-years stay in state — Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester draws overwhelmingly from Oklahoma.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $6,569
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
- 45%
- First-year retention
- 68%
- Transferred to another college
- 2%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,984
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,625
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- B
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.6 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 1
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 9 campuses (540 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
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.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 77% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,289. 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 205 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)
- $31,625
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 33%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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 $3,309 (11%) 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
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 30°F
- Annual rain
- 42.6″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mcalester Rgnl AP, OK US station (3.6 mi from campus).
What Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester 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.