Public · Community college
Putnam Career and Technical Center
Eleanor, West Virginia · Midsize suburb
- 8%
- Transfer rate
- $1,975
- Avg net price
- 84%
- Grad / completion
- $36,203
- Median earnings
Putnam Career and Technical Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Eleanor, West Virginia (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 27 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Eleanor, West Virginia
Eleanor is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. Eleanor was established in 1934, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor visited the county and developed it as a test site for families. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 20 miles to Charleston, WV
- To Great Lakes shore
- 200 miles
- Nearest airport
- 21 miles to Yeager (CRW)
How Putnam Career and Technical Center compares
Higher than 83% · #14 of 42 in West Virginia
Higher than 95%
Higher than 53% · #15 of 40 in West Virginia
Cheaper than 98% · #3 cheapest of 42 in West Virginia
Lower than 92%
Larger than 5%
Percentiles compare Putnam Career and Technical 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 West Virginia.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women1348%
- Men1452%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White96%
- Black3.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 27
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 41%
- Median family income
- $18,520
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
- $1,975
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 84%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 8%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,190
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,203
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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?
Putnam Career and Technical Center 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 39.5″
- Annual snow
- 10.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Winfield Locks, WV US station (0.7 mi from campus).
What Putnam Career and Technical Center graduates study — and earn
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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Putnam Career and Technical Center side by side →
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- Transfer
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- Tuition
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Students
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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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.