Certificate Programs at Upper Valley Career Center

Number of Vocational Programs	Average Tuition & Fees
4	$17,010

Upper Valley Career Center is a Less than 2-years, public school located in Piqua, Ohio. Its published tuition & fees of Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other) program, which is the largest program at the school, is $17,010 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average earning in 10 years after graduation of the school is $35,000. A total of 85 students are attending the school. Upper Valley Career Center has 4 vocational programs.

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Largest Programs Costs and Completion Time

The largest program at Upper Valley Career Center is Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other) and its 2024 tuition & fees are $17,010. For reference, the average tuition for the Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other) program of all trade schools in the United States is $17,783.

The next table shows the largest program information including tuition, books and supplies costs, program length, and average completion time.

2024 Costs and Completion Information of Largest Programs
Program Name	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other)	$17,010	$887	1,356 Hours	13 Months
National Average	$17,783	-	926 Hours	12.71 Months
Registered Nursing / Registered Nurse	$10,024	$3,286	900 Hours	12 Months
National Average	$48,241	-	253 Hours	21.51 Months
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	$7,630	$1,244	600 Hours	9 Months
National Average	$14,851	-	531 Hours	10.39 Months
Welding Technology / Welder	$7,919	$1,669	600 Hours	9 Months
National Average	$10,695	-	753 Hours	9.71 Months
Machine Tool Technology / Machinist	$6,973	$1,901	600 Hours	9 Months
National Average	$8,531	-	1,078 Hours	10.69 Months
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	$7,353	$1,521	600 Hours	9 Months
National Average	$9,128	-	1,216 Hours	13.07 Months

2024 Average Costs of Attendance

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average tuition & fees are $17,010 at Upper Valley Career Center. The typical cost for purchasing books and supplies for programs is $887. The total cost of attendance is $45,210 when a student lives off-campus.

2024 Average Costs of Attendance
Tuition & Fees	$17,010
Books & Supplies	$887
Room & Board	$21,988
Other Living Expenses	$5,325
Total Cost of Attendace (COA)	$45,210

¹Upper Valley Career Center does not offer on-campus housing facilities.²The tuition & fees are based on out-of-state rates.

Career and Vocational Programs

Upper Valley Career Center offers 5 certificate and vocational programs through 1-year certificate and 2-Years Certificate programs. All certificate programs are conducted offline.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree programs.

Total Number of Career Programs
	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Overall Programs	NOT OFFERED	4	1	NOT OFFERED

The following tables list each career program with offered degrees. The number on each columns denotes the number of completers on the program last year. The numbers includes completers through on-campus classes and partial online classes as well as complete online classes.

Mechanics and Repairers

what is Mechanics and Repairers program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Precision Production Trades

what is Precision Production Trades program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Welding Technology/Welder	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Less than 12 Weeks Cert.	1 Year Cert.	1-2 Years Cert.	2-4 Years Cert.
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	26	NOT OFFERED

Important Statistics for Prospective Students

The The students to faculty ratio is 3 to 1 an the retention rate is 70%.

Key Academics Stats
Retention Rate	70%(full-time), 60% (part-time)
Student to Faculty Ratio	3 to 1
Student Population	85 Students
Number of Faculties	39 Faculties
Number of Staffs	51 Staffs

On-Campus Student Services

Upper Valley Career Center provides a number of student services including academic/career counseling services, Placement services for completers.

On-Campus Student Services
Academic/career counseling service	Yes
Employment services for students	No
Placement services for completers	Yes
On-campus day care for students' children	No
Library facilities at institution	Various Library Facilities Provided

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