Public · Van Wert, Ohio

Vantage Career Center

Vantage Career Center is a public institution in Van Wert, Ohio. 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.

$33,875
10-yr median earnings
86.6%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Vantage Career Center posts modest former-student earnings.

According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

29th pct.
former-student earnings, US
86.6%
150%-time completion
-6%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
Town: Distant
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Vantage 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

C
College Value Score
58/100
Vantage 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 F
$33,875
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
86.6%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt C
$11,978
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
Vantage Career Center vs. the national benchmark
EarningsNet PriceCompletionDebtRepaymentRetention

Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.

10-yr median earnings

$33,875

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

Not reported

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

86.6%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 86.6%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Vantage Career Center vs peers

Vantage Career Center positioned by earnings vs cost Two-by-two quadrant chart: x-axis median earnings 10 years after enrollment, y-axis average net price after financial aid. Each dot is a college, colored by completion within 150% of normal time (garnet ≥65%, amber 45-64%, red <45%). Net price increases upward, earnings increase rightward, so: bottom-right = best value (low cost, high earnings); top-right = premium (high cost, high earnings); bottom-left = community college tier (low cost, modest earnings); top-left = cost challenge (high cost, low earnings). Currently plotting 8 colleges. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard joined to Carnegie Classification. Vantage Career Center positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $22K $54K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $5K $28K Avg Net Price ($) Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus: $42K earn · $10K net · 54% grad Ashtabula County T… Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools: $44K earn · $16K net · 74% grad Eastland-Fairfield… Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education: $42K earn · $22K net · 78% grad Canton City School… Lorain County Joint Vocational School District: $36K earn · $12K net · 83% grad Lorain County Join… Wright State University-Lake Campus: $50K earn · $11K net · 42% grad Wright State Unive… Ohio State Beauty Academy: $25K earn · $6K net · 59% grad Ohio State Beauty … University of Northwestern Ohio: $51K earn · $22K net · 54% grad Defiance College: $49K earn · $26K net · 34% grad Grad rate (4yr) ≥65% 45-64% <45%
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard + Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

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 Vantage 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.

Vantage Career Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$33,875 29th percentile higher than 29% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). This entry sits in this band. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). Above this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 606 US colleges (12%). Above this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 134 US colleges (3%). Above this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 39 US colleges (1%). Above this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 11 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 2 US colleges (0%). Above this entry. This college $0 $160,000 every US college, bucketed by value

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 Vantage Career Center National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $33,875 #3619 of 5103 29th
150%-time completion 86.6% #370 of 4858 92nd
Undergraduate enrollment 104 #4287 of 5462 22nd

National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.

Quick Facts

104
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
86.6%
150%-time completion
$33,875
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Vantage Career Center ranks in Ohio

State rank among 243 reporting Ohio colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Vantage Career Center State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $33,875 #180 of 243 26th
150%-time completion 86.6% #16 of 235 93rd
Undergraduate enrollment 104 #192 of 257 25th

Highest former-student earnings in Ohio

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1Chamberlain University-Ohio$92,405$31,544
2Case Western Reserve University$87,989$41,190
3Ohio Northern University$80,928$24,478
4Four County Career Center$77,338-
5University of Dayton$75,537$29,533
6Mount Carmel College of Nursing$75,103$10,420
7Mount Carmel College of Nursing - Fairfield$75,103-
8Kenyon College$71,830$38,512
9Trinity Health System School of Nursing$71,660$9,825
10Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing$68,723-
11The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences$68,303$18,378
12Denison University$67,753$40,007
180Vantage Career CenterThis school$33,875-

Student Demographics

Race & ethnicity

Student body at a glance

58.5%
Female

Outcomes

$36,131
Median Earnings (6yr)
20.0%
Earning Over $25K

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 86.6%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $36,131
Median earnings 10 years after entry $33,875
Share earning over $25,000 Working, not enrolled 20.0%
Median federal student debt At completion $11,978
Estimated monthly payment Standard 10-year plan $127/mo

Programs & Earnings

No program-level earnings data available for this school.

Matches use Scorecard measures among reporting colleges — not state-system recommendations or geographic proximity.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Vantage Career Center?
Vantage Career Center is a public institution in Van Wert, Ohio. Undergraduate enrollment is 104 students.
How much do Vantage Career Center former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Vantage Career Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $33,875 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $36,131.
What is the graduation rate at Vantage Career Center?
Vantage Career Center has a 86.6% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Vantage Career Center worth the student debt?
The median student debt at Vantage Career Center is $11,978, while former students earn a median of $33,875 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 35% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $127.

Sources & methodology

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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.

Where to go next from Vantage Career Center

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