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Great Plains Technology Center

Lawton, Oklahoma Public Less than 2-year Small city

Overview

Great Plains Technology Center is a public career and technical school in Lawton, Oklahoma. The campus sits in a small city. It enrolled 314 students in fall 2024. It is part of Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

Great Plains Technology Center offers certificates across 20 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training, Welding Technology, and Fire Science. It awarded 129 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 73% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 4 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
314
Students enrolled
73%
First-year retention
129
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
20
Programs and majors
4:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 20

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 3
Construction Trades 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Precision Production 1
Communications Technologies 3
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 3
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Military Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
73%
First-year retention, part-time students
74%
Student-to-faculty ratio
4:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
21
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
108

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
314
Undergraduates, fall 2024
314
Full-time, fall 2024
55%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
330
Full-time, 2024-25
42%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
49%
Men
51%
White
43%
Hispanic or Latino
16%
Black or African American
22%
Asian
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
13%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Part of
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Superintendent/CEO
Mrs. Joelle Jolly
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Dedicated veterans contact

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