10-yr median earnings
$37,590
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Union County Vocational Technical School
Union County Vocational Technical School is a public institution in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. 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.
- $7,361
- Avg net price / yr
- $37,590
- 10-yr median earnings
- 97.4%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Union County Vocational Technical School posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 39th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 97.4%
- 150%-time completion
- -4%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Union County Vocational Technical School 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
73/100
Union County Vocational Technical School
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
$37,590
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$7,361
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
97.4%
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
$7,361
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
97.4%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 97.4%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Union County Vocational Technical School 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 Union County Vocational Technical School 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.
Union County Vocational Technical School: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$37,590 39th percentile higher than 39% 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 | Union County Vocational Technical School | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $37,590 | #3089 of 5103 | 39th |
| Average net price | $7,361 | #700 of 5020 | 86th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 97.4% | #30 of 4858 | 99th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 88 | #4467 of 5462 | 18th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
88
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
97.4%
150%-time completion
$37,590
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Union County Vocational Technical School ranks in New Jersey
State rank among 110 reporting New Jersey colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Union County Vocational Technical School | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $37,590 | #79 of 110 | 28th |
| Average net price | $7,361 | #13 of 129 | 90th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 97.4% | #1 of 126 | 99th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 88 | #118 of 144 | 18th |
Highest former-student earnings in New Jersey
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton University | $110,066 | $6,128 |
| 2 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $108,772 | $41,346 |
| 3 | Chamberlain University-New Jersey | $92,405 | $37,984 |
| 4 | Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing | $87,408 | - |
| 5 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | $84,276 | $16,504 |
| 6 | Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok | $82,560 | $28,599 |
| 7 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | $74,479 | $24,406 |
| 8 | Rutgers University-Newark | $74,479 | $19,703 |
| 9 | Rutgers University-Camden | $74,479 | $18,745 |
| 10 | Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro | $73,971 | $24,800 |
| 11 | JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools | $73,894 | $40,644 |
| 12 | The College of New Jersey | $73,323 | $27,646 |
| 79 | Union County Vocational Technical SchoolThis school | $37,590 | $7,361 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Union County Vocational Technical School
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k $3,283
$0 – $30k
$3,283 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$6,829 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$9,252 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Union County Vocational Technical School - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $7,361 |
25.7%
Pell Grant Rate
1.4%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Union County Vocational Technical School swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $2,228 to $11,013 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +43.4%, 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
$2,228
Highest year
$11,013
Most recent (2023)
$8,325
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $5,8072023 · $8,325
Over the same years, enrollment went -56.2% (137 → 60 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
24.4%
Female
50.0%
First Generation
Outcomes
$39,218
Median Earnings (6yr)
48.3%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 97.4% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $39,218 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $37,590 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 48.3% |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Union County Vocational Technical School? ▼
Union County Vocational Technical School is a public institution in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Undergraduate enrollment is 88 students.
How much do Union County Vocational Technical School former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Union County Vocational Technical School who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $37,590 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $39,218.
How much does Union County Vocational Technical School cost? ▼
The average net price at Union County Vocational Technical School is $7,361..
What is the graduation rate at Union County Vocational Technical School? ▼
Union County Vocational Technical School has a 97.4% 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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