Public · Community college
Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center
Ashland, Ohio · Distant rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,303
- Avg net price
- 86%
- Grad / completion
- $31,791
- Median earnings
Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Ashland, Ohio (distant rural setting), enrolling 41 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Ashland, Ohio
Ashland is a city in Ashland County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Ashland was laid out by William Montgomery in 1815. Ashland was originally called Uniontown, but in 1822 the city was compelled to adopt a new name because another city in Ohio was already named Uniontown. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 44 miles to Akron, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 42 miles
- Nearest airport
- 44 miles to Akron Canton (CAK)
How Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center compares
Higher than 85% · #24 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 76%
Higher than 38% · #111 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 73% · #28 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 95%
Larger than 10%
Percentiles compare Ashland County-West Holmes Career 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 Ohio.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2868%
- Men1332%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White88%
- Black2.4%
- Other or multiracial9.8%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 41
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 48%
- First-generation students
- 62%
- Students over 25
- 60%
- Median family income
- $20,216
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
- $9,303
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 86%
- First-year retention
- 87%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $30,287
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $31,791
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 40%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $31,791
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 27%
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.
Men out-earn women by $23,636 (94%) 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
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 17°F
- Annual rain
- 42.5″
- Annual snow
- 49.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ashland 2 SW, OH US station (4.9 mi from campus).
What Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center graduates study — and earn
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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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
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- Tuition
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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Columbiana County Career and Technical Center
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- 144
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
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Medina, Ohio · Fringe rural · 21 mi to Akron
- Students
- 43
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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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.