10-yr median earnings
$33,511
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Princeton, West Virginia
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Mercer County Technical Education Center is a public institution in Princeton, 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.
- $2,225
- Avg net price / yr
- $33,511
- 10-yr median earnings
- 80.8%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Mercer County Technical Education Center posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 28th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 80.8%
- 150%-time completion
- -9%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Distant
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Mercer County Technical Education 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
67/100
Mercer County Technical Education 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 F
$33,511
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A+
$2,225
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A
80.8%
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
$2,225
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
80.8%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 80.8%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Mercer County Technical Education 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 Mercer County Technical Education 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.
Mercer County Technical Education Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$33,511 28th percentile higher than 28% 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 | Mercer County Technical Education Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $33,511 | #3649 of 5103 | 28th |
| Average net price | $2,225 | #74 of 5020 | 99th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 80.8% | #667 of 4858 | 86th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 120 | #4161 of 5462 | 24th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
120
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
80.8%
150%-time completion
$33,511
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Mercer County Technical Education 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 | Mercer County Technical Education Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $33,511 | #40 of 59 | 32nd |
| Average net price | $2,225 | #5 of 61 | 92nd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 80.8% | #10 of 56 | 82nd |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 120 | #37 of 64 | 42nd |
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 |
| 40 | Mercer County Technical Education CenterThis school | $33,511 | $2,225 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $2,225 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $1,623 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $3,428 |
62.4%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Mercer County Technical Education Center swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $348 to $8,380 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -44.9%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$348
Highest year
$8,380
Most recent (2023)
$3,658
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $6,6412023 · $3,658
Over the same years, enrollment went -53.4% (219 → 102 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
71.0%
Female
62.2%
First Generation
Outcomes
$36,860
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 80.8% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $36,860 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $33,511 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 30 | $42,518 | - |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers | Certificate | 11 | - | - |
Explore Data-Matched Colleges
Matches use Scorecard measures among reporting colleges — not state-system recommendations or geographic proximity.
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122 students · 2 apart
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115 students · 5 apart
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Public institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
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$2,232 net price · $7 apart
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$2,245 net price · $20 apart
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$2,248 net price · $23 apart
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$2,253 net price · $28 apart
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Mercer County Technical Education Center? ▼
Mercer County Technical Education Center is a public institution in Princeton, West Virginia. Undergraduate enrollment is 120 students.
How much do Mercer County Technical Education Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Mercer County Technical Education Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $33,511 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $36,860.
How much does Mercer County Technical Education Center cost? ▼
The average net price at Mercer County Technical Education Center is $2,225..
What is the graduation rate at Mercer County Technical Education Center? ▼
Mercer County Technical Education Center has a 80.8% 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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