Public · Community college
Sandusky Career Center
Sandusky, Ohio · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $40,504
- Median earnings
Sandusky Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Sandusky, Ohio (small city setting), enrolling 88 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. A federal fur trade factory was established in 1808 but was lost at the beginning of the War of 1812. Sandusky has a tourism industry led by the Cedar Point amusement park, as well as various water parks and neighboring islands. It is also noted for being the location of the fictional "Callahan Auto Parts" in the 1995 comedy film Tommy Boy. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 42 miles to Toledo, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 2 miles
- Nearest airport
- 48 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub
How Sandusky Career Center compares
Higher than 98% · #1 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 88%
Higher than 70% · #59 of 157 in Ohio
Lower than 16%
Lower than 98%
Larger than 25%
Percentiles compare Sandusky 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
- Women7080%
- Men1820%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White45%
- Black34%
- Hispanic4.5%
- Asian1.1%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 88
- Student–faculty ratio
- 4 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 61%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 64%
- Median family income
- $20,119
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
- 95%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,637
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,504
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,513
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 20%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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%.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Sandusky Career 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $40,504
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,513
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 36%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 52%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Men out-earn women by $13,391 (37%) 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
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 34″
- Annual snow
- 32.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Sandusky, OH US station (2.7 mi from campus).
What Sandusky Career 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 Sandusky Career Center side by side →
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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Knox County Career Center
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- Students
- 126
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
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- Students
- 115
- 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.