Public · Community college

Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District

Chillicothe, Ohio · Distant town

#1 graduation rate in Ohio

0%
Transfer rate: —
Avg net price: 100%
Grad / completion: $46,485
Median earnings

Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District is a public certificate-granting institution in Chillicothe, Ohio (distant town setting), enrolling 145 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 145 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Chillicothe, Ohio

Chillicothe is a city in Ross County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Present-day Chillicothe is the most recent of seven locations in Ohio that bore the name, because it was applied to the main town wherever the Chalakatha settled. Chillicothe is home to the 158-year-old continuously operating Majestic Theatre. Its stage has been graced by such greats as Laurel and Hardy, Milton Berle, George Arliss, Sophie Tucker, Bob Hope and many others. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 41 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 143 miles
Nearest airport: 31 miles to Rickenbacker (LCK)

How Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District compares

Graduation rate100%

Higher than 98% · #1 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$46,485

Higher than 86% · #33 of 157 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$5,500

Lower than 96%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment145

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District 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

Women7552%
Men7048%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White97%
Black0.7%
Hispanic2.1%
Other or multiracial0.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 145
Student–faculty ratio: 9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 37%
First-generation students: 63%
Students over 25: 53%
Median family income: $21,976

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

Outcomes

Graduated: 100%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,023
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $46,485
Median debt at graduation: $5,500
Students with federal loans: 30%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 31%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Does the school pay you to attend?

Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District 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): $46,485
Typical debt at graduation: $5,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 12%
Out-earn a HS grad: 54%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.2 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

$41,669

Men

$59,396

Men out-earn women by $17,727 (43%) 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: 85°F
Winter low: 21°F
Annual rain: 40.9″
Annual snow: 15.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chillicothe Mound City, OH US station (0.8 mi from campus).

What Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

81 grads$43k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$12k debt

81$43,047$47,969$12,025 Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

40 grads$55k 1 yr— 5 yr$6k debt

40$55,317—$5,500 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

35 grads$62k 1 yr$44k 5 yr— debt

35$61,784$43,543—Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/Technicians

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

9 grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

9—$34,117—Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

8 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr— debt

8—$35,531—Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

8 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

8———Precision Metal Working

6 grads— 1 yr$39k 5 yr— debt

6—$39,304—

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.