Public · Community college

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center

Brecksville, Ohio · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $26,966
Avg net price: 81%
Grad / completion: $47,914
Median earnings

Cuyahoga Valley Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Brecksville, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 131 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 131 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Brecksville, Ohio

Brecksville is a city in southern Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Brecksville was founded in 1811, four years after several men—including Colonel John Breck—purchased the surrounding area. The 2023 Tom Hanks' film A Man Called Otto was partially filmed at the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad's Brecksville Station on Riverview Road. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 11 miles to Cleveland, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 12 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub

How Cuyahoga Valley Career Center compares

Graduation rate81%

Higher than 79% · #36 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention47%

Higher than 8%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$47,914

Higher than 88% · #29 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$26,966

Cheaper than 14% · #133 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$12,964

Lower than 23%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 95%

Undergraduate enrollment131

Larger than 34%

Percentiles compare Cuyahoga Valley 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

Women11890%
Men1310%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White44%
Black36%
Hispanic6.1%
Asian6.9%
Other or multiracial7.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 131
Student–faculty ratio: 6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 32%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 58%
Median family income: $20,029

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: $26,966

Outcomes

Graduated: 81%
First-year retention: 47%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,757
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $47,914
Median debt at graduation: $12,964
Students with federal loans: 35%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 47%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
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

$26,996

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$24,343

$75–110k

$32,003

$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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $47,914
Typical debt at graduation: $12,964
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 64%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

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.

Women

$47,172

Men

$49,600

Men out-earn women by $2,428 (5%) 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: 24°F
Annual rain: 33.3″
Annual snow: 63.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cleveland Burke AP, OH US station (12.3 mi from campus).

What Cuyahoga Valley Career Center graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

25 grads$46k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$19k debt

25$45,874$48,060$18,596 Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

15 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

15———Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

13 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

13———Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Design and Applied Arts

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

3———

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.