West Kentucky Community and Technical College-Paducah

4810 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, KY 42002

http://www.westkentucky.kctcs.edu/

School Description

Provided by West Kentucky Community and Technical College-Paducah

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is an educational institution that provides excellence in teaching and learning, promotes student success, and supports economic development.

To fulfill its mission, the college has adopted five institutional goals to coincide with the KCTCS goals.

The Goals for WKCTC are to:

* Promote Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
* Increase Student Access and Success.
* Expand Diversity and Global Awareness.
* Enhance Economic Development.
* Enhance the Strategic Organization.

West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and is a public, two-year, degree-granting institution serving the Western Region of Kentucky.

Student organizations at West Kentucky Community and Technical College provide opportunities for students to learn leadership and teamwork skills as well as to demonstrate skills learned in the classroom at local, state and national competitions.

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West Kentucky Community and Technical College-Paducah

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West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC), located in Paducah, KY, is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). It was formed by the 2003 consolidation of Paducah Community College and West Kentucky Technical College. WKCTC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

History

Paducah Community College was founded in 1932 as a private school called Paducah Junior College (PJC). PJC became a municipal college in 1936. In 1964, PJC moved to a new campus on Alben Barkley Drive in Paducah which serves as today's WKCTC campus. In 1967, PJC joined the University of Kentucky's Community College System and became Paducah Community College.

West Kentucky Technical College was founded in 1909 as West Kentucky Industrial College, a teacher training school for African American students. West Kentucky Industrial College became a state-supported junior college in 1918. The college changed its name twice more, eventually becoming West Kentucky State Vocational-Technical School. In 1979, the school moved its operations to a new campus adjacent to PCC.

In 1998, PCC and West Kentucky TECH (yet another name for the vocational-technical school) joined the newly formed KCTCS. At that time, West Kentucky TECH became West Kentucky Technical College. That same year, the University of Kentucky opened a branch campus of its College of Engineering at the WKCTC campus. The community and technical colleges consolidated in 2003 to become West Kentucky Community & Technical College.

Service area

The primary service area for WKCTC includes all eight counties in the Purchase area:

  • Ballard County
  • Calloway County
  • Carlisle County
  • Fulton County
  • Graves County
  • Hickman County
  • Marshall County
  • McCracken County

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
58%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 7,056
Students Receiving Aid:
89%
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Degree Programs at West Kentucky Community and Technical College-Paducah

Associate's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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      • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
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  • Business

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      • Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
        A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and/or personal secretaries for business executives and top management. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, public relations, scheduling and travel management, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, conference and meeting recording, report preparation, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, and professional standards and legal requirements.
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      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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      • Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
        A program that prepares individuals, under the remote supervision of physicians, to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies in prehospital settings and to supervise Ambulance personnel. Includes instruction in basic, intermediate, and advanced EMT procedures; emergency surgical procedures; medical triage; rescue operations; crisis scene management and personnel supervision; equipment operation and maintenance; patient stabilization, monitoring, and care; drug administration; identification and preliminary diagnosis of diseases and injuries; communication and computer operations; basic anatomy, physiology, pathology, and toxicology; and professional standards and regulations.
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      • Physical Therapist Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to implement physical therapy treatment care plans, train patients, conduct treatment interventions, use equipment, and observe and record patient progress. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, applied kinesiology, principles and procedures of physical therapy, basic neurology and orthopedics, physical therapy modalities, documentation skills, psychosocial aspects of health care, wound and injury care, electrotherapy, working with orthotics and prostheses, and personal and professional ethics.
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      • Nursing - Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
        A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.
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  • Technology

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      • Computer and Information Sciences
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Certificate Programs at West Kentucky Community and Technical College-Paducah

  • Business

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      • Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
        A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and/or personal secretaries for business executives and top management. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, public relations, scheduling and travel management, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, conference and meeting recording, report preparation, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, and professional standards and legal requirements.
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    • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  • Technology

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      • Computer and Information Sciences
        A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 58%
Part-Time 42%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 81%
Other 13%
African-American 6%
Hispanic 0%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 93%
Out-of-State 7%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Kentucky 93%
Illinois 3%
Tennessee 1%
Missouri 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 2,352 $ 7,056  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,801 43%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,291 72%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 1,500 1%  
Student Loans:
$ 1,917 7%  
Any Aid:
  89%  

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