Public · Community college
Upper Valley Career Center
Piqua, Ohio · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $16,282
- Avg net price
- 78%
- Grad / completion
- $52,170
- Median earnings
Upper Valley Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Piqua, Ohio (fringe rural setting), enrolling 131 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Piqua, Ohio
Piqua is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States, along the Great Miami River. The word 'Piqua' is believed to be derived from a Shawnee language phrase: Othath-He-Waugh-Pe-Qua, translated as "He has risen from the ashes," related to a legend of the people. Fort Piqua Plaza began as the "Orr-Statler Block" building at the corner of Main and High Streets was erected in 1891 and long dominated downtown. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 28 miles to Dayton, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 108 miles
- Nearest airport
- 18 miles to James M. Cox Dayton (DAY)
How Upper Valley Career Center compares
Higher than 74% · #48 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 64%
Higher than 92% · #20 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 46% · #79 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 67%
Lower than 99%
Larger than 34%
Percentiles compare Upper Valley 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
- Women9472%
- Men3728%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White74%
- Black17%
- Hispanic2.3%
- Asian0.8%
- Other or multiracial6.1%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 131
- Student–faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 55%
- First-generation students
- 64%
- Students over 25
- 71%
- Median family income
- $21,115
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
- $16,282
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
- 78%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,137
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $52,170
- Median debt at graduation
- $8,793
- Students with federal loans
- 54%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 37%
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $52,170
- Typical debt at graduation
- $8,793
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 17%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 63%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
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 $658 (1%) 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
- 21°F
- Annual rain
- 40.7″
- Annual snow
- 25″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Piqua Wwtp, OH US station (2.3 mi from campus).
What Upper Valley 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.
Colleges similar to Upper Valley Career Center
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Upper Valley Career Center side by side →
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- Students
- 150
- Tuition
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- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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- —
- Transfer
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Adult and Community Education-Hudson
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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Tri-Rivers Career Center
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- Students
- 151
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
Groveport, Ohio · Large suburb · 8 mi to Columbus
- Students
- 115
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Brecksville, Ohio · Large suburb · 11 mi to Cleveland
- Students
- 131
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $48k
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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.