Public · Community college
Venango County Area Vocational Technical School
Oil City, Pennsylvania · Remote town
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,655
- Avg net price
- 48%
- Grad / completion
- $38,161
- Median earnings
Venango County Area Vocational Technical School is a public certificate-granting institution in Oil City, Pennsylvania (remote town setting), enrolling 59 undergraduates.
About Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City is the largest city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1796, the state of Pennsylvania gave Cornplanter, chief of the Wolf Band of the Seneca nation, 1,500 acres (6.1 km2) of land along the west bank of the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania, as well as a small tract on both sides of the mouth of Oil Creek, in compensation for his services during the American Revolutionary War. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Remote town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 53 miles to Erie, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 53 miles
- Nearest airport
- 44 miles to DuBois (DUJ)
How Venango County Area Vocational Technical School compares
More selective than 91% · #6 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 35% · #118 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 8%
Higher than 60% · #74 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 52% · #46 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 19%
Lower than 62%
Larger than 16%
Percentiles compare Venango County Area 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women5288%
- Men712%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White97%
- Black3.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 59
- Student–faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 71%
- First-generation students
- 65%
- Students over 25
- 72%
- Median family income
- $20,530
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
- $14,655
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 38.5%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 48%
- First-year retention
- 46%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,241
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,161
- Median debt at graduation
- $13,500
- Students with federal loans
- 92%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 47%
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?
Venango County Area 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)
- $38,161
- Typical debt at graduation
- $13,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 35%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 3.5 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 46.3″
- Annual snow
- 53.7″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Franklin, PA US station (7.7 mi from campus).
What Venango County Area 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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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.