Admissions

Whether you're college bound or career bound Great Plains Tech can help you attain your goals through experience in our hands-on career programs. The best part is high school student get FREE tuition!

Great Plains Tech accepts high school juniors and seniors to most of our 20 full-time career programs. High school students attend Great Plains one-half day (either morning or afternoon sessions) and attend their home high school or home school the remainder of the day. In addition to our Lawton and Frederick campuses, Great Plains also offers Pre-Engineering classes to freshmen and sophomores on the campuses of all three Lawton high schools.

Here’s how you apply for admission to Great Plains. Speak to your high school counselor about applying. Your counselor will provide us your enrollment information along with relevant transcript, attendance and assessment results. We will arrange an in-person interview with each student at their high school. Great Plains also welcomes Home School Students to apply for admission. Please visit with our Student Services Office for enrollment procedures for Home School students.

For more information contact your high school counselor or a GTPC career counselor.

For Lawton Campus call Student Support Services at 580-250-5535 between the hours of 8 am - 4 pm.

For Frederick Campus call 580-335-5525 between the hours of 8 am - 4 pm.

Get a new career!
Career Programs at Great Plains Technology Center prepare students for employment through a technical education. These programs typically take two to four semesters to complete and often lead to industry certifications. As part of the CareerTech System, Great Plains Tech graduates get to work quickly, and can use their training to prepare for a college degree program, enter the military, or enter the workforce.

Tuition

Meet with a Counselor

To set an appointment with a career counselor or for questions and assistance on enrolling at the GPTC Lawton Campus, you may contact Great Plains Technology Center at (580) 250-5535 or come by Building 100, Room 107.

For information in enrolling at the Tillman - Kiowa Campus in Frederick call 580-335-5525.

What should I bring to my appointment?

• All official transcripts (High School, Career Tech and College)
• Any previous assessments
• Application for Admission (Optional)

Get skilled. Get Paid.

Oklahoma has a skills gap; Great Plains Tech and CareerTech have a solution!
Call 580-250-5535 to speak to a counselor.

Course Information

• What does a Practical Nurse do?
• What does a Radiological Technologist do?
• What does a Respiratory Therapist do?
• What does a Surgical Technologist do?

Admission Requirements

• What are the admission requirements for the Practical Nurse Career Major?
• What are the admission requirements for the Radiologic Technology Career Major?
• What are the admission requirements for the Respiratory Care Career Major?
• What are the admission requirements for the Surgical Technology Career Major?

How do I apply?

Set an appointment with a career counselor by calling 580-250-5535.  Our career counselors are here to answer questions concerning the application process, financial aid and individual career major requirements.

What should I bring to my appointment?

• All official transcripts (High School, Career Tech and College)
• Current health certification cards
• ACT or Next-Generation Accuplacer assessment results

Which courses are approved for financial aid?

Earn a High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma at Great Plains Technology Center (formerly GED)
High School Equivalency classes are offered at no cost. Persons interested in working toward High School Equivalency (HSE) should come to Room 148, located in Building 100, and fill out an application. We will call and schedule an appointment for Orientation and Placement Testing as seats become available.

For dates and information, contact the AEFL office at 580-250-5585, or visit the Adult Education and Family Literacy page.

Check out our Financial Aid page. 

Whether you're learning a new hobby, or a new job skill, we've got you covered at Great Plains Tech! We offer dozens of short-term, part-time classes that fit your busy schedule. For class offerings this semester, check out the Tech Tab Course Catalog.

Great Plains helps reconnect students to a high school diploma. The SCORE (School of Career Opportunities and Real Education) program is a dropout credit recovery program designed to reconnect students to educational and occupational goals.  For more information, visit the SCORE page.