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Salina Area Technical College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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Salina Tech was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Salina Area Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Salina Area Technical College is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Salina Area Technical College is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Salina Area Technical College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 697 undergraduates at Salina Tech with 204 being full-time and 493 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,595 | $7,603 | $10,531 | $10,642 | $13,188 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Salina Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Salina Tech, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $4,889 a year. That adds up to $19,556 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Salina Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2562 Centennial Road, Salina, KS 67401 |
| Phone: | 785-309-3100 |
| Website: | www.salinatech.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 190 | NA |
| Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies | 56 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 48 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 32 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 22 | NA |
| Nursing | 19 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 12 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 10 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 9 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 7 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 263 students took at least one online class at Salina Area Technical College. This is an increase from the 243 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 263 | 115 |
| 2021-2022 | 243 | 111 |
| 2020-2021 | 193 | 67 |
| 2018-2019 | 174 | 35 |
Learn more about online learning at Salina Area Technical College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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