Public · Community college

Portage Lakes Career Center

Uniontown, Ohio · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $21,759
Avg net price: 69%
Grad / completion: $38,316
Median earnings

Portage Lakes Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Uniontown, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 168 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 168 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Uniontown, Ohio

Uniontown is a census-designated place in Stark County, Ohio, United States. Uniontown was platted in 1816. Two stagecoach lines which met near the original town site caused the name "Union" to be selected. By the 1830s, Uniontown had a church, schoolhouse, tannery, tavern, and two stores. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Akron, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 41 miles
Nearest airport: 2 miles to Akron Canton (CAK)

How Portage Lakes Career Center compares

Graduation rate69%

Higher than 60% · #72 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention88%

Higher than 78%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,316

Higher than 61% · #71 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$21,759

Cheaper than 27% · #111 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$8,444

Lower than 70%

Student–faculty ratio19 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment168

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Portage Lakes Career Center 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

Women9557%
Men7343%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White71%
Black19%
Hispanic3.6%
Asian1.8%
Other or multiracial4.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 168
Student–faculty ratio: 19 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 41%
First-generation students: 69%
Students over 25: 47%
Median family income: $25,022

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: $21,759

Outcomes

Graduated: 69%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $42,500
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $38,316
Median debt at graduation: $8,444
Students with federal loans: 42%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

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

$21,174

$30–48k

$20,206

$48–75k

$22,124

$75–110k

$27,236

$110k+

$27,236

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% 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 58 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $38,316
Typical debt at graduation: $8,444
Debt vs. one year's pay: 22%
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 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

$35,504

Men

$44,086

Men out-earn women by $8,582 (24%) 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: 20°F
Annual rain: 41.6″
Annual snow: 47.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Akron Canton Rgnl AP, OH US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What Portage Lakes Career Center graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

85 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

85———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

28 grads— 1 yr$45k 5 yr— debt

28—$44,673—Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Precision Metal Working

16 grads— 1 yr$55k 5 yr— debt

16—$54,805—Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

12 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

12———

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.