Ground Transportation at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

A debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.22 suggests manageable borrowing, but the full picture here requires caution. Based on comparable certificate programs nationally, graduates might expect around $41,000 in first-year earnings and roughly $9,300 in debt—both estimates derived from similar programs rather than tracked outcomes from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College itself. That estimated debt load is actually higher than typical for ground transportation programs in Kentucky, where the median sits around $7,500.

The earnings estimate falls slightly below what other Kentucky programs in this field appear to produce. Hazard Community and Technical College, for instance, reports median earnings of nearly $44,000 for its ground transportation certificate. That $2,400 difference might not seem dramatic, but it matters when you're weighing whether a certificate program delivers sufficient return, especially when the estimated debt here runs about $1,800 above the state norm.

For a certificate that should be relatively quick and affordable, these estimates suggest Elizabethtown's program may not offer the same value proposition as peer programs in Kentucky. If your child is committed to ground transportation, comparing actual costs and job placement rates across Kentucky's 13 programs would be essential—the estimates here don't tell you what Elizabethtown's specific graduates actually experience.