Public · Community college

Northern Career Institute

Eastlake, Ohio · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $12,759
Avg net price: 77%
Grad / completion: $49,073
Median earnings

Northern Career Institute is a public certificate-granting institution in Eastlake, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 150 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 150 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Eastlake, Ohio

Eastlake is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The single largest blackout in North American history on August 14, 2003, was traced back to a FirstEnergy generating plant in Eastlake that went offline at 1:31 P.M. EDT amid high electrical demand. The Boulevard of 500 Flags, purported to be "the world's largest permanent display of American flags", is located in Eastlake. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 17 miles to Cleveland, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 1 mile
Nearest airport: 27 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub

How Northern Career Institute compares

Graduation rate77%

Higher than 72% · #52 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention82%

Higher than 68%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,073

Higher than 90% · #25 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$12,759

Cheaper than 59% · #57 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 95%

Undergraduate enrollment150

Larger than 37%

Percentiles compare Northern Career Institute 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

Women13993%
Men117%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White4.7%
Black83%
Hispanic3.3%
Asian2.0%
Other or multiracial6.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 150
Student–faculty ratio: 6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 81%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 69%
Median family income: $18,434

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,250
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,855
Total cost of attendance: $20,379
Average net price: $12,759

Outcomes

Graduated: 77%
First-year retention: 82%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $46,210
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $49,073
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 71%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $30

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

$11,115

$30–48k

$13,143

$48–75k

$15,841

$75–110k

$16,064

$110k+

$16,681

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?

Northern Career Institute 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): $49,073
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 19%
Out-earn a HS grad: 64%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.9 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.

Campus climate

Summer high: 82°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 48.1″
Annual snow: 113.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Kirtland-Holden 2, OH US station (8 mi from campus).

What Northern Career Institute graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

83 grads$41k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$19k debt

83$40,973$45,698$19,234 Health and Medical Administrative Services

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.