An impact study conducted by the Kentucky Career and Technical College System shows that Elizabethtown Community and Technical College had a positive impact of $176.5 million on the Lincoln Trail District.
“Every dollar that a student spends with us, they get an annual return of $5.90 because of that dollar, and that’s a great annual return on that,” said ECTC President Dr. Juston Pate. “The region actually sees a $10.90 addition for every dollar that is spent at ECTC.”
The college’s annual report for 2023 states that ECTC provided more than 15,800 hours of training for more than 3,100 regional employees. Pate says the impact of ECTC is evident in individuals and the community.
“We think a lot about the individual value that the college adds, and that is our mission,” Pate said. “Our mission is to add value to the lives of our students and then return that value to the community, but it doesn’t stop there, and that’s what I think this impact study kind of shows is through that additional value all of those students do go back out into the community and what is returned to the community is exponentially greater than that individual value.”
ECTC supported students with more than $185,000 in scholarships and $1.5 million in Work Ready Kentucky scholarship funds. More than 1,000 students benefited from more than $28,000 in support through Family Scholar House.
Pate says there is still time this week for anybody looking to begin, continue, or start again on their education to sign up for the second eight-week session of the spring semester, and staff at ECTC are ready to help.
“Things are really getting streamlined,” Pate said. “We still have Work Ready Kentucky scholarship money available, a lot of other scholarships in the college, so really there’s no barrier to anyone who would want to start right now. There’s no barrier that would keep them from starting.”
Visit www.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu for more information.
