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Diesel mechanic schools in Kentucky

Kentucky has 13 accredited campuses awarding diesel tech credentials. If you finish and work as a diesel technician in Kentucky, expect to start around $38,250–$46,560 and reach a median of $55,480 with experience; the top quarter earn $63,740 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky). Graduates of these Kentucky programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of not reported in their first year, against $37,506 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists earn in Kentucky

$38,250starting (10th percentile)
$46,560early career (25th)
$55,480median, all experience
$63,740experienced (75th)
$80,500top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 3,890 employed in Kentucky. National median: $61,770.

Campuses in Kentucky, ranked by what their graduates earned

13campuses in Kentucky
1,194credentials awarded / yr
not reportedmedian earnings, yr 1 (Kentucky)
$37,506median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: AshlandBowling GreenCumberlandElizabethtownFlorenceHazardLexingtonMadisonvilleMaysvilleOwensboroPaducahPrestonsburgSomerset

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence Public 168 not reported $5,500 59% not reported
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown Public 153 not reported $8,782 60% not reported
Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard Public 140 not reported not reported 48% not reported
Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland Public 133 not reported not reported 51% not reported
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville Public 120 not reported $7,693 57% not reported
Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland Public 116 not reported not reported 47% not reported
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro Public 85 not reported not reported 54% not reported
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington Public 84 not reported not reported 43% not reported
Somerset Community College Somerset Public 82 not reported $10,550 43% not reported
Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg Public 51 not reported not reported 38% not reported
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah Public 45 not reported not reported 50% not reported
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green Public 12 not reported not reported 58% not reported
Madisonville Community College Madisonville Public 5 not reported not reported 49% not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.

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