10-yr median earnings
$37,962
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Dunbar, West Virginia
Ben Franklin Career Center
Ben Franklin Career Center is a public institution in Dunbar, West Virginia. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $3,382
- Avg net price / yr
- $37,962
- 10-yr median earnings
- 78.6%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Ben Franklin Career Center posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 40th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 78.6%
- 150%-time completion
- +33%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Ben Franklin Career Center profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B
College Value Score
71/100
Ben Franklin Career Center
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings D
$37,962
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$3,382
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
78.6%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$3,382
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
78.6%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 78.6%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Ben Franklin Career Center vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Ben Franklin Career Center ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Ben Franklin Career Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$37,962 40th percentile higher than 40% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Ben Franklin Career Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $37,962 | #3060 of 5103 | 40th |
| Average net price | $3,382 | #155 of 5020 | 97th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 78.6% | #793 of 4858 | 84th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 78 | #4573 of 5462 | 16th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
78
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
78.6%
150%-time completion
$37,962
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Ben Franklin Career Center ranks in West Virginia
State rank among 59 reporting West Virginia colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Ben Franklin Career Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $37,962 | #30 of 59 | 49th |
| Average net price | $3,382 | #9 of 61 | 85th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 78.6% | #14 of 56 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 78 | #43 of 64 | 33rd |
Highest former-student earnings in West Virginia
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | $69,666 | - |
| 2 | Wheeling University | $57,949 | $20,503 |
| 3 | West Virginia University | $55,939 | $15,634 |
| 4 | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | $55,939 | $9,337 |
| 5 | Potomac State College of West Virginia University | $55,939 | $9,197 |
| 6 | University of Charleston | $55,774 | $22,107 |
| 7 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | $51,593 | $18,083 |
| 8 | Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center | $51,465 | -$767 |
| 9 | Shepherd University | $49,358 | $11,363 |
| 10 | United Technical Center | $49,130 | $3,461 |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | $46,857 | $9,032 |
| 12 | Marshall University | $46,354 | $7,502 |
| 30 | Ben Franklin Career CenterThis school | $37,962 | $3,382 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Ben Franklin Career Center
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$3,702 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$1,956 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$2,568 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Ben Franklin Career Center - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $3,382 |
45.9%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Ben Franklin Career Center costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $15,256 to $2,161 (-85.8%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $15,2562023 · $2,161
Over the same years, enrollment went -79.2% (477 → 99 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
15.6%
Female
52.2%
First Generation
Outcomes
$28,611
Median Earnings (6yr)
34.3%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 78.6% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $28,611 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $37,962 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 34.3% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians | Certificate | 16 | $33,372 | - |
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394 students
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Charleston, WV
2,259 students
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Ben Franklin Career Center? ▼
Ben Franklin Career Center is a public institution in Dunbar, West Virginia. Undergraduate enrollment is 78 students.
How much do Ben Franklin Career Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Ben Franklin Career Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $37,962 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $28,611.
How much does Ben Franklin Career Center cost? ▼
The average net price at Ben Franklin Career Center is $3,382..
What is the graduation rate at Ben Franklin Career Center? ▼
Ben Franklin Career Center has a 78.6% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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