Private for-profit · Community college
Medical Career & Technical College
Richmond, Kentucky · Distant town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $28,005
- Avg net price
- 56%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Medical Career & Technical College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Richmond, Kentucky (distant town setting), enrolling 235 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a city in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. Richmond was founded in 1798 by Colonel John Miller from Richmond, Virginia. A British American, Miller served with the rebels in the Revolutionary War. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 24 miles to Lexington, KY
- To Great Lakes shore
- 266 miles
- Nearest airport
- 26 miles to Blue Grass (LEX)
How Medical Career & Technical College compares
Higher than 43% · #24 of 46 in Kentucky
Higher than 79%
Cheaper than 12% · #45 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky
Lower than 90%
Lower than 56%
Larger than 48%
Percentiles compare Medical Career & Technical 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 Kentucky.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White84%
- Black9.8%
- Hispanic2.1%
- Other or multiracial3.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 235
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
- First-generation students
- 67%
- Students over 25
- 63%
- Median family income
- $16,116
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
- $28,005
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
- 56%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,333
- Students with federal loans
- 56%
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?
Medical Career & Technical College 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
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 50.9″
- Annual snow
- 7.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Eastern Kentucky Univ, KY US station (1.7 mi from campus).
What Medical Career & Technical College 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.