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West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Paducah, Kentucky. Paducah is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is West Kentucky Community and Technical College?

Contact details for West Kentucky Community and Technical College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, KY 42001
Phone:	270-554-9200
Website:	westkentucky.kctcs.edu

Can I Afford West Kentucky Community and Technical College?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time West Kentucky Community and Technical College students paid $182 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $637 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,368	$15,288
Fees	$192	$192
Books and Supplies	$1,152	$1,152

Student Loan Debt

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 West Kentucky Community and Technical College, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $4,075 a year. That adds up to $16,300 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at West Kentucky Community and Technical College is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,869 undergraduate students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, with 1,595 being full-time and 3,274 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,595 full-time undergraduates at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of West Kentucky Community and Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	13
Black or African American	94
Hispanic or Latino	107
White	1,299
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	82

Over 11 countries are represented at West Kentucky Community and Technical College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Venezuela, and India.

Online Learning at West Kentucky Community and Technical College

In 2020-2021, 2,396 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at West Kentucky Community and Technical College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of West Kentucky Community and Technical College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College was 4.8%. This is the #1,375 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.