WSU Tech | National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT)

Currently enrolled in the AMT (Aircraft Maintenance Technician) program. While I go to school, I also work in the tool crib. Got to say if you're a hands-on person, this is definitely a great school to attend. At this NCAT center has programs from Welding, Composites, Design, Airframe & Powerplant and more than I know. It's got the same Academic Credentials as Wichita State University. Grinding out the general requirements is tough but once your past that classes become more hands on. Got a full ride scholarship from Kansas Promise Scholarship. For the Cost and time it takes to complete a program this facility will become one of the top leaders in producing Future Work Force individuals. Very diverse culture men and women. Staff is young and old with a lot of knowledge and wisdom.

If you want to become a pilot or learn how to construct and build a plane, I recommend you come here for experience.

My son got his certification for CNC programming here at WSU Tech. Everyone was very helpful in getting us through the enrollment process. My son said he really enjoyed the classes and his teachers. They also took the students to job sites and had them speak with employers.

Outline of review. Location- area, contacting, cleanliness, food, bookstore. Employees- front desk, business office, financial aid, advisors, professors. NDT program - Cost, Professor, courses, in-class, access to the field LOCATION Area is nice and clean with lots of parking. Has great airways between the buildings and a nice sitting area and bbq in the central court. Contacting the location is a struggle. Part of this is that most of us contact during high call times like the beginning of school or as school is starting. Those are rush times in colleges. GO INSIDE OR EMAIL ADVISOR OF THE PROGRAM or call during office hours but remember they take lunches too. So 12 to 2 may be spotty depending on who is on lunch break. >Cleanliness:Great! Bathrooms are always clean, the whole place is shiny. The parking area,lawn, and sidewalks are well maintained. >Food: Bleh meh... it's all vending machine stuff and over priced. Pack a lunch or grab something on the way. 4 hour classes without a snack can get difficult. >Bookstore: A tiny university bookstore with little in it. Best to buy from walmart for things and order books online unless you have financial aid EMPLOYEES --- remember during rush times they are swamped don't wait until the last minute. Plan at least a month ahead before school starts preferably 2. >Front desk: Great and mostly you can self assist with the tablet at the desk. >The business office: Good. There are payment plans, financial aid, and direct. You can pay online after you go to the business office in person and signing the agreements. >Financial aid: A wreck (0 stars!). I do not know why they are so bad here. I use to do this job and it was not like this group. Research online and you'll probably be better off. >Advisors: Great. I've met a few and they all are passionate about their jobs. Most important thing. It is your job to contact your advisor if you have issues. Take the initiative with them. They are there to advise. They are not there to babysit. >Professors: I've had the pleasure of meeting a few in the programs. My direct is NDT professor John Saunders. They all are positive and funny and have been in the field. They know what they are talking about. Ask questions and take notes because what they say is what is out there. NDT PROGRAM associate degree >Cost:payment plans, financial aid, grants, scholarships, and high school access are best. Otherwise it's $14,277.00 + fees and books which is about $3,000.00. Around $19,000 total. ( cheaper at other colleges but further away from me) >NDT Professor: John Saunders is a great teacher. A lot of hands-on for students. He tells you exactly how it is and what it will be like in the field. With most programs it is YOUR job to take the initiative. YOU want to know more and learn more YOU need to ask more and do more. >Courses: All classes are classroom hour classes. This isn't the same for all programs but it is for this one. There are some filler courses which I think WSU forced on to (WATC) WSU tech for credit requirement and required credit hours for a degree. For now that won't change. Try to make the most out of them. ORDER YOUR BOOKS ON ASNT and get a student membership. Way cheaper. >In-class: Again you make the most of it. If you want to learn you will. A professor can teach you the basics but for in field work you need to take initiative and the professor's here expect that front you. If you don't you will not be equipped for the field and that's on you. The classes are about 60% reading and studying and 40% using tools and materials. It can be fun. Talk to your classmates, interact. They will be your peers in the field. >Access to the field:I'm close to graduating. I know students who graduated last semester and were in the field within the month of graduation. I've had offers almost. Can't wait to hit the field. If you want the field-help yourself and the professors will help you. No one wants slackers in the field including the professors and the university. You want a reference. Show you deserve one. It's legitimate.

Went to this school in 2018-2019 through the Wichita promise scholarship. I had financial aid and it was a long and tedious process to get it. Teachers were great, but they never gave us enough time on the computer videos to learn from them. Also, never really learned any type of hands on things with sealer... I was there for aviation sheet metal classes, but they only touched on sealer things vaguely. When I left the class it was optional to attend the graduation ceremony due to covid starting at that time. I chose not to attend and did not get my certificate in the mail or an email notifying me to pick it up. In the end, I only had to pay for the book for the class, but I guess if you only pay $50 you get what you pay for. I now work for textron and am going through their training classes and am shocked at how much information that wsu tech left out. Also, I had to apply multiple times for different entry level sheet metal jobs for them to deny and then finally hire me. If you ever have to say where you got your experience from do not list WSU Tech as a source, since most aircraft people don't even know that they changed their name to WSU Tech and also because the companies are on the fence hiring people from that school. Final take aways, you get what you pay for, so don't expect to go in and learn something life changing because most of the teachers are there to do their job and go home. They don't want to answer extra questions or give extra help to students that need it.

Newly enrolled, adult student. Had a few hurdles to get through with financial aid in order to enroll in classes. My financial aid advisor wasn't helpful. She made me feel as if she didn't care whether I got the issues resolved or not. I had to send her an email every single day just to make sure I didn't need to do anything further. She even told me I was waiting on my docs to be reviewed and it could take two weeks, so after waiting two weeks and not hearing from her, I sent her an email to find out what's going on and she responded letting me know my acct wasn't in review bc wsu had been waiting on more docs from me and it would be another two weeks before my financial aid was resolved. It took me almost two months to finish up my financial aid thanks to a negligent financial aid advisor. I just hope the instructors are better than this. Fingers crossed.

Enrolled in the A & P program. Financial aid was a little bit of a struggle at first, but I understand they must have been busy. My advice is to just go to the campus and talk to the advisors rather then call them. Now I have had an amazing experience in the A & P program. Teachers are all very knowledgeable. Of course there are some that aren’t good teachers but are good mechanics so it just takes alittle to get what they are trying to teach.