Private nonprofit · Community college

Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education

Lexington, Kentucky · Large city

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Transfer rate: $22,871
Avg net price: 63%
Grad / completion: $20,156
Median earnings

Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Lexington, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 203 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 203 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with Fayette County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. Lexington was named in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. The Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival, is in early June; it includes three stages for music and a "bluegrass music camp" for school children. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Lexington, KY
To Great Lakes shore: 252 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Blue Grass (LEX)

How Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 53% · #11 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$20,156

Higher than 6% · #38 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$22,871

Cheaper than 23% · #40 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$11,600

Lower than 32%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment203

Larger than 45%

Percentiles compare Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education 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 Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women15174%
Men5226%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White33%
Black26%
Hispanic2.5%
Other or multiracial39%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 203
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 57%
First-generation students: 57%
Students over 25: 45%
Median family income: $5,881

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: $22,871

Outcomes

Graduated: 63%
First-year retention: 50%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $17,524
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $20,156
Median debt at graduation: $11,600
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 7%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$22,871

$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?

Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education 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): $20,156
Typical debt at graduation: $11,600
Debt vs. one year's pay: 58%
Out-earn a HS grad: 18%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.8 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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

$19,729

Men

$19,770

Men out-earn women by $41 (0%) 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: 25°F
Annual rain: 49.8″
Annual snow: 14.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lexington Bluegrass AP, KY US station (7.8 mi from campus).

What Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

63 grads$13k 1 yr$14k 5 yr$15k debt

63$13,117$14,402$15,413 Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection

28 grads$25k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$12k debt

28$25,158$30,885$11,510 Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

4 grads— 1 yr$32k 5 yr— debt

4—$31,502—Culinary Arts and Related Services

— grads— 1 yr$14k 5 yr— debt

——$14,277—

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.