Public · Community college

Alaska Vocational Technical Center

Seward, Alaska · Remote rural

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Transfer rate: $12,635
Avg net price: 100%
Grad / completion: $51,083
Median earnings

Alaska Vocational Technical Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Seward, Alaska (remote rural setting), enrolling 107 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 107 undergradsRemote ruralCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Seward, Alaska

Seward is an incorporated home rule city in Alaska, United States. In 1793, Alexander Baranov of the Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company) established a fur trade post on Resurrection Bay where Seward is today and had a three-masted vessel, the Phoenix, built at the post by James Shields, an English shipwright in Russian service. Seward's local economy is largely driven by the commercial fishing industry and seasonal tourism. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Remote rural
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 78 miles to Anchorage, AK
To the ocean: < 1 mile
Nearest airport: 69 miles to Kenai (ENA)

How Alaska Vocational Technical Center compares

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 98% · #1 of 7 in Alaska

First-year retention92%

Higher than 85%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$51,083

Higher than 91% · #2 of 7 in Alaska

Average net price$12,635

Cheaper than 59% · #4 cheapest of 7 in Alaska

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment107

Larger than 30%

Percentiles compare Alaska Vocational Technical Center with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Alaska.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women3129%
Men7671%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White39%
Hispanic6.5%
Asian2.8%
Other or multiracial51%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 107
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 3%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 49%
Median family income: $22,043

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $12,635

Outcomes

Graduated: 100%
First-year retention: 92%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,187
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $51,083
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 1%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 61%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: Yes
Dorm capacity: 164
Dorm capacity vs undergrads: 100%+
Application fee: $50

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$9,485

$30–48k

$13,136

$48–75k

$13,936

$75–110k

$20,281

$110k+

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College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,984

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,984. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 82 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $51,083
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 60%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$34,856

Men

$54,983

Men out-earn women by $20,127 (58%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 62°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 69.7″
Annual snow: 90.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Seward AP, AK US station (1.6 mi from campus).

What Alaska Vocational Technical Center graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal Working

19 grads$39k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

19$38,973——Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

15 grads$37k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

15$37,409——Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

13 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

13———Information Science/Studies

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Culinary Arts and Related Services

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Maritime Studies

1 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

1———

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.