Program Payoff

Southern Missouri Technical Institute

West Plains, Missouri. 6 certificate and associate programs, public. 6 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Missouri.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $8,871 not published $37,680
Nursing Assistants
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $46,040
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
Culinary Arts and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $36,940
Cooks, Restaurant
Design and Applied Arts Undergraduate certificate not published $56,750
Graphic Designers
Precision Metal Working Undergraduate certificate not published $51,950
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $49,160
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.