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Elite Welding Academy LLC

Cincinnati, Ohio · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$31,701
Avg net price
89%
Grad / completion
—
Median earnings

Elite Welding Academy LLC is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 59 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 59 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers, including Scotch Irish, frontiersmen, and keelboaters. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
166 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Elite Welding Academy LLC compares

Graduation rate89%

Higher than 89% · #20 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention88%

Higher than 78%

Average net price$31,701

Cheaper than 6% · #148 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$9,483

Lower than 63%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment59

Larger than 16%

Percentiles compare Elite Welding Academy LLC 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 race / ethnicity

  • White85%
  • Black6.8%
  • Hispanic3.4%
  • Other or multiracial5.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
59
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
33%
First-generation students
41%
Students over 25
18%
Median family income
$25,866

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
$31,701

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
89%
First-year retention
88%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$53,375
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
—
Median debt at graduation
$9,483
Students with federal loans
35%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$100

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.

< $30k
$31,701
$30–48k
—
$48–75k
—
$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.

2%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,000
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. 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 52 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Campus climate

Summer high
87°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
41.4″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hamilton Butler CO Rgnl AP, OH US station (4.6 mi from campus).

What Elite Welding Academy LLC graduates study — and earn

Precision Metal Working
73 grads$39k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$10k debt

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.