Public · Community college
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools
Monroe, Ohio · Small suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 76%
- Grad / completion
- $56,645
- Median earnings
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools is a public certificate-granting institution in Monroe, Ohio (small suburb setting), enrolling 596 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Monroe, Ohio
Monroe is a city in east central Butler and west central Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Monroe was laid out in 1817 on the Dayton and Cincinnati pike. The city is named for President James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. Lux Mundi statue, located at the former site of the King of Kings statue (also known as "Touchdown Jesus" and "Big Butter Jesus") which was struck by lightning in 2010 and destroyed by fire. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 24 miles to Cincinnati, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 157 miles
- Nearest airport
- 23 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)
How Butler Technology and Career Development Schools compares
Higher than 71% · #53 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 57%
Higher than 95% · #13 of 157 in Ohio
Lower than 87%
Lower than 67%
Larger than 65%
Percentiles compare Butler Technology and Career Development Schools 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
- Women22938%
- Men36762%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White72%
- Black13%
- Hispanic4.2%
- Asian3.0%
- Other or multiracial7.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 596
- Student–faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 21%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 50%
- Median family income
- $28,224
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 76%
- First-year retention
- 77%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $51,906
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,645
- Median debt at graduation
- $6,396
- Students with federal loans
- 19%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 51%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (596 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
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.
Modest institutional aid: 33% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,714. 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 540 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)
- $56,645
- Typical debt at graduation
- $6,396
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 11%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 71%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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 $10,535 (21%) 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
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 41.4″
- Annual snow
- 16″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, OH US station (7.3 mi from campus).
What Butler Technology and Career Development Schools 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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- Transfer
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- Transfer
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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.