Public · Community college
Warren County Career Center
Lebanon, Ohio · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $24,731
- Avg net price
- 77%
- Grad / completion
- $49,016
- Median earnings
Warren County Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Lebanon, Ohio (fringe rural setting), enrolling 263 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lebanon, Ohio
Lebanon is a city in Warren County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Lebanon is in the Symmes Purchase. The first European settler in what is now Lebanon was Ichabod Corwin, uncle of Ohio Governor Thomas Corwin, who came to Ohio from Bourbon County, Kentucky, and settled on the north branch of Turtle Creek in March 1796. The Golden Lamb Inn is the oldest hotel in Ohio, having been established in 1803. The present structure is built around the 1815 rebuilding of the inn and has been visited by 12 presidents. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 19 miles to Dayton, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 149 miles
- Nearest airport
- 29 miles to James M. Cox Dayton (DAY)
How Warren County Career Center compares
Higher than 73% · #50 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 77%
Higher than 89% · #26 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 19% · #127 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 96%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 50%
Percentiles compare Warren County 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
- Women7629%
- Men18771%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White69%
- Black6.5%
- Hispanic0.8%
- Asian2.3%
- Other or multiracial21%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 263
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 15%
- First-generation students
- 57%
- Students over 25
- 38%
- Median family income
- $28,490
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
- $24,731
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
- 77%
- First-year retention
- 88%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,661
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,016
- Median debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Students with federal loans
- 22%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 45%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 5% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,488. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 73 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $49,016
- Typical debt at graduation
- $5,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 11%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 47%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.1 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 $34,187 (132%) 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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 41″
- Annual snow
- 20.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Dayton Wright Bros AP, OH US station (7.3 mi from campus).
What Warren County 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 Warren County Career Center
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Warren County Career Center side by side →
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- Students
- 151
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
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Wayne County Schools Career Center
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- Students
- 146
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Upper Valley Career Center
Piqua, Ohio · Fringe rural · 28 mi to Dayton
- Students
- 131
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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Northern Career Institute
Eastlake, Ohio · Large suburb · 17 mi to Cleveland
- Students
- 150
- Tuition
- $16k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $49k
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
Groveport, Ohio · Large suburb · 8 mi to Columbus
- Students
- 115
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $44k
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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.