According to the latest version of the Kansas Training Information Program (KTIP), Colby Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing program had the highest average wage placement among all community and technical programs in Kansas. The average graduate earned a staggering $80,224 annually after exiting the program.
“It is incredible that Colby Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing program had the highest average wages among any field of study or program out of all 26 community and technical colleges in the state,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs Angel Morrison. “This high-demand, high-wage program can transform the lives of our students.”
The Kansas Training Information Program portal is the online version of the former K-TIP report published annually by the Kansas Board of Regents in response to K.S.A. 74-32, 418. The report includes information on the number of career technical program majors enrolled and concentrators, program graduates, students pursuing additional education/training, graduates exiting postsecondary education and becoming employed, and the number of graduates employed and reported average and median wages.
Established in 1987, the K-TIP reports provide data for all approved postsecondary career technical education programs offered by technical colleges, community colleges, the Washburn Institute of Technology, and the Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology.
Colby nursing students follow a “one-plus-one” path, starting with the practical nursing (PN) program that prepares a student for the national exam to become a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and then advance to the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program to prepare for the registered nurse (RN) licensure exam. The deadline for both programs is March 1 each year.
For more information, visit www.colbycc.edu/nursing.