Private for-profit · Community college

Orion Technical College

Davenport, Iowa · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $26,439
Avg net price: 81%
Grad / completion: $37,008
Median earnings

Orion Technical College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Davenport, Iowa (midsize city setting), enrolling 41 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 41 undergradsMidsize cityCold wintersSnowy

About Davenport, Iowa

Davenport is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The land was originally inhabited by the Sauk, Meskwaki, and Ho-Chunk peoples. France laid claim to this territory as part of its New France and Illinois Country in the 18th century. Downtown Davenport has many points of interest including the Davenport Public Library, the Davenport Skybridge, Figge Art Museum, River Music Experience, Putnam Museum, the RiverCenter/Adler Theater, Modern Woodmen Park which is home of the Quad City River Bandits baseball team and the Centennial Bridge. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 65 miles to Cedar Rapids, IA
To Great Lakes shore: 147 miles
Nearest airport: 8 miles to Quad City (MLI)

How Orion Technical College compares

Graduation rate81%

Higher than 78% · #12 of 39 in Iowa

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,008

Higher than 57% · #18 of 38 in Iowa

Average net price$26,439

Cheaper than 15% · #38 cheapest of 39 in Iowa

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio6 : 1

Lower than 95%

Undergraduate enrollment41

Larger than 10%

Percentiles compare Orion Technical College 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 Iowa.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women2561%
Men1639%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White49%
Black20%
Hispanic22%
Other or multiracial9.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 41
Student–faculty ratio: 6 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 40%
First-generation students: 47%
Students over 25: 49%
Median family income: $20,621
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $37,332

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $15,600
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: $30,641
Average net price: $26,439

Outcomes

Graduated: 81%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $35,488
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,008
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 42%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 34%

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

$26,117

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

$24,170

$110k+

$30,641

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?

Orion Technical College 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): $37,008
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 26%
Out-earn a HS grad: 40%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.6 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

$31,920

Men

$52,889

Men out-earn women by $20,969 (66%) 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: 84°F
Winter low: 13°F
Annual rain: 38.8″
Annual snow: 36.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Rock Island L&D 15, IL US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What Orion Technical College graduates study — and earn

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

10 grads$52k 1 yr$56k 5 yr$25k debt

10$51,641$56,288$25,351 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

6 grads$32k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt

6$32,377$30,350$9,500 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCert.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

3 grads$60k 1 yr$60k 5 yr$28k debt

3$60,220$59,615$28,302 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

3 grads$30k 1 yr$38k 5 yr$10k debt

3$30,351$37,669$9,500 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

1 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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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.