Public · Community college

Carver Career Center

Charleston, West Virginia · Midsize suburb

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Transfer rate: $6,941
Avg net price: 92%
Grad / completion: $33,739
Median earnings

Carver Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Charleston, West Virginia (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 169 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 169 undergradsMidsize suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Virginian militia officer William Morris built the first permanent settlement in the Kanawha Valley, named Fort Morris, in 1773. It was about 20 mi (32 km) upstream of modern Charleston, at the confluence of Kellys Creek, and was used extensively during the American Revolution. Charleston is home to numerous annual events and fairs that take place from the banks of the Kanawha River to the capitol grounds. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Charleston, WV
To Great Lakes shore: 220 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Yeager (CRW)

How Carver Career Center compares

Graduation rate92%

Higher than 92% · #8 of 42 in West Virginia

First-year retention91%

Higher than 83%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$33,739

Higher than 45% · #20 of 40 in West Virginia

Average net price$6,941

Cheaper than 82% · #19 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment169

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Carver 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 West Virginia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women10663%
Men6337%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White94%
Black4.7%
Hispanic0.6%
Asian0.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 169
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 74%
First-generation students: 60%
Students over 25: 4%
Median family income: $20,077

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: $6,941

Outcomes

Graduated: 92%
First-year retention: 91%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,840
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $33,739
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 0%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $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.

< $30k

—

$30–48k

$6,423

$48–75k

$8,363

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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

$3,326

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,326. 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 48 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): $33,739
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

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

$32,604

Men

$37,291

Men out-earn women by $4,687 (14%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 26°F
Annual rain: 46.2″
Annual snow: 31.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Charleston Yeager AP, WV US station (6.4 mi from campus).

What Carver Career Center graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

58 grads$14k 1 yr$21k 5 yr— debt

58$13,524$21,118—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

25 grads$42k 1 yr$44k 5 yr— debt

25$41,510$43,778—Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

14 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

14———Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

11———Culinary Arts and Related Services

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———

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: —
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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.