Public · Community college
Union County Vocational Technical School
Scotch Plains, New Jersey · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $7,361
- Avg net price
- 99%
- Grad / completion
- $37,590
- Median earnings
Union County Vocational Technical School is a public certificate-granting institution in Scotch Plains, New Jersey (large suburb setting), enrolling 88 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The Lenape are the ancestral community indigenous to a large chunk of the Mid-Atlantic region, stretching from Eastern Pennsylvania to the Atlantic Ocean, and from Delaware to Southern New York. The Aunt Betty Frazee House is a farmhouse of a colonial-era couple Gershom and Elizabeth Frazee, the latter of whom was approached by British generals in 1777 who sought to buy bread she'd been baking that day. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 20 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 7 miles
- Nearest airport
- 11 miles to Newark Liberty (EWR) · major hub
How Union County Vocational Technical School compares
Higher than 96% · #5 of 89 in New Jersey
Higher than 95%
Higher than 59% · #40 of 68 in New Jersey
Cheaper than 81% · #10 cheapest of 83 in New Jersey
Lower than 44%
Larger than 25%
Percentiles compare Union County Vocational Technical School 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 New Jersey.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women2124%
- Men6776%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White33%
- Black15%
- Hispanic49%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial1.1%
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
- 17 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 26%
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $28,054
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
- $7,361
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
- 99%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,218
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $37,590
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 1%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 62%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $10
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?
Union County Vocational Technical School 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)
- $37,590
- Typical debt at graduation
- —
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- —
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 47%
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
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 $15,640 (51%) 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
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 48.7″
- Annual snow
- 21.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Plainfield, NJ US station (2.5 mi from campus).
What Union County Vocational Technical School 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 Union County Vocational Technical School side by side →
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- Students
- 80
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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- Transfer
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- Students
- 106
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $50k
Ventura Adult and Continuing Education
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- 74
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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High Plains Technology Center
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- Students
- 72
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education
Pomona, California · Large suburb · 21 mi to Riverside
- Students
- 57
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $35k
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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.