Fort Hays St Univ - Nw Kansas Technical College Dba Fort Hays Tech Northwest
- Cert Plumbing-Technical Certificate A
- Cert Plumbing-Technical Certificate B
- Cert Plumbing-Technical Certificate C
GI Bill students (all programs): 7Accredited (regional)
Plumbing and pipefitting training in Kansas is spread across 8 cities, with Manhattan the largest at 2 locations.
VA's GI Bill® Comparison Tool lists 10 plumbing and pipefitting training locations in Kansas with 13 approved programs: 6 with school programs and 4 with apprenticeship or on-the-job training.
Before you enroll, open the VA profile to confirm the exact program, and ask the School Certifying Official to confirm your start date. [VA: Choosing a GI Bill approved school]
GI Bill students (all programs): 7Accredited (regional)
GI Bill students (all programs): 191Accredited (regional)
GI Bill students (all programs): 2Not accredited (accreditation is not required for VA approval of many trade programs)
GI Bill students (all programs): 65Accredited (regional)
GI Bill students (all programs): 446Accredited (regional)
GI Bill students (all programs): 402Accredited (regional)
Source: VA GI Bill Comparison Tool program data, retrieved October 24, 2026. School details come from VA's data file dated October 8, 2026. The list is sorted by city, then name. It isn't a ranking.
VA's GI Bill Comparison Tool lists 13 approved programs at 10 locations in Kansas as of October 24, 2026. That's about 1% of the 1,592 plumbing and pipefitting locations in VA's data nationally. By type: 5 public colleges and technical schools, 4 employers and apprenticeship sponsors, 1 private nonprofit school.
By number of locations: Manhattan (2), Topeka (2), Goodland (1), Great Bend (1), Hutchinson (1), Lawrence (1) and 2 more cities.
Yes. 4 locations offer VA-approved on-the-job training in Kansas (4 programs); 3 of them are registered apprenticeships. With the Post-9/11 GI Bill, you're paid wages plus a monthly housing payment that steps down every six months.
[VA: GI Bill Comparison Tool] [VA: On-the-job training and apprenticeships]
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