Public · Community college

Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus

Jefferson, Ohio · Distant rural

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Transfer rate: $9,599
Avg net price: 58%
Grad / completion: $42,163
Median earnings

Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus is a public certificate-granting institution in Jefferson, Ohio (distant rural setting), enrolling 103 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 103 undergradsDistant ruralCold wintersSnowy

About Jefferson, Ohio

Jefferson is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Jefferson was officially founded by Gideon Granger, U.S. Postmaster General during Thomas Jefferson's administration, in 1803. He envisioned the new settlement as a "Philadelphia of the West," and early plans for the village were based upon the layout of that city. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant rural
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 43 miles to Erie, PA
To Great Lakes shore: 11 miles
Nearest airport: 37 miles to Erie International Tom Ridge Field (ERI)

How Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 46% · #96 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention55%

Higher than 15%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$42,163

Higher than 77% · #49 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$9,599

Cheaper than 72% · #32 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Student–faculty ratio5 : 1

Lower than 97%

Undergraduate enrollment103

Larger than 29%

Percentiles compare Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus 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

Women8381%
Men2019%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White80%
Black2.9%
Hispanic1.0%
Other or multiracial17%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 103
Student–faculty ratio: 5 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 20%
First-generation students: 63%
Students over 25: 68%
Median family income: $18,188

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: $9,599

Outcomes

Graduated: 58%
First-year retention: 55%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $34,441
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $42,163
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 20%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 42%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $25

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

$9,192

$30–48k

$12,105

$48–75k

$5,428

$75–110k

$14,413

$110k+

$11,358

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?

Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $42,163
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

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

$35,472

Men

$44,012

Men out-earn women by $8,540 (24%) 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: 81°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 37.1″
Annual snow: 89.9″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ashtabula CO AP, OH US station (2.9 mi from campus).

What Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

41 grads$43k 1 yr$47k 5 yr$17k debt

41$42,717$47,249$16,535 Precision Metal Working

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Fire Protection

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———

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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus side by side →

Medina County Career Center

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Tuition: —
Transfer: 0%
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Tuition: —
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Lorain County Joint Vocational School District

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Students: 87
Tuition: —
Transfer: 0%
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Northern Career Institute

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Students: 150
Tuition: $16k
Transfer: 0%
Earnings: $49k

Buckeye Hills Career Center

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Students: 122
Tuition: —
Transfer: 0%
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Scioto County Career Technical Center

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Students: 175
Tuition: —
Transfer: 0%
Earnings: $41k

Colleges near Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus

Kent State University at Ashtabula

Ashtabula, OH · Public · Associate · 1,290 students

11 mi

Lake Erie College

Painesville, OH · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 852 students

27 mi

Auburn Career Center

Concord Twp, OH · Public · Certificate · 292 students

27 mi

Kent State University at Geauga

Burton, OH · Public · Associate · 1,601 students

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Thiel College

Greenville, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 788 students

29 mi

Brown Aveda Institute-Mentor

Mentor, OH · Private for-profit · Certificate · 115 students

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Allegheny College

Meadville, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,156 students

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Kent State University at Trumbull

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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.