Diesel Tech programs in Kentucky

0 registered apprenticeships and 15 trade schools. Apprenticeships are listed first because they pay you while you train. That order never changes, and nobody can buy a place in it.

What the job pays in Kentucky

$55,480median, per year

This is what bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists earn across Kentucky, half above and half below. It is an experienced-worker figure, not a starting wage. Nationally the median is $61,770.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, SOC 49-3031 · survey 2025-05 · retrieved 2026-08-26

Trade schools · 15

You pay for these, and most students are not earning while they study.

Ashland Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Ashland, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,717

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,950

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

51%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Bowling Green, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$3,537

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,175

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

58%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Lexington, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$6,113

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

43%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Elizabethtown, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,143

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,055

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

59%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Hazard Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Hazard, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$2,955

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,125

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

48%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Hopkinsville Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Hopkinsville, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,875

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,691

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

45%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Jefferson Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Louisville, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$6,376

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,651

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

35%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Madisonville Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Madisonville, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,406

After grant aid

Median debt

$8,450

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

49%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Maysville Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Maysville, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$4,605

After grant aid

Median debt

$11,500

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

56%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Gateway Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Florence, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,725

After grant aid

Median debt

$10,711

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

59%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Paducah, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,353

After grant aid

Median debt

$8,986

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

50%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Big Sandy Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Prestonsburg, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$3,873

After grant aid

Median debt

$9,357

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

38%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Somerset Community College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Somerset, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$4,398

After grant aid

Median debt

$12,215

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

43%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Cumberland, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$3,731

After grant aid

Median debt

$6,919

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

47%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

Owensboro Community and Technical College

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

Trade school

Owensboro, KY · Public

Net price / yr

$5,800

After grant aid

Median debt

$7,933

Completers, institution-wide

Completion

54%

Institution-wide

Enrols year-round

School website Full detailUS Dept. of Education College Scorecard

How to actually get in

Finding the program is the easy part. The application is where people fall down.

Applying for a diesel tech apprenticeship

15 listings matched. Figures come from the publishers named on each card. Nothing on this page is estimated.