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Waynesville Career Center

Waynesville Career Center is a public institution in Waynesville, Missouri. 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.

$28,418
Avg net price / yr
$40,979
10-yr median earnings
69.7%
150%-time completion

The verdict

Waynesville Career Center posts above-median former-student earnings.

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

Top 49%
former-student earnings, US
69.7%
150%-time completion
-15%
earnings, 6→10 yrs
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Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.

How to read this Waynesville 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

D
College Value Score
46/100
Waynesville 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 C-
$40,979
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$28,418
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B
69.7%
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
Waynesville 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

$40,979

Federal aid recipients only

Avg net price

$28,418

After grants and scholarships

150%-time completion

69.7%

Full-time, first-time cohort

150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 69.7%

Less-than-four-year-institution cohort

College ROI Quadrant - Waynesville Career Center vs peers

Waynesville 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. Waynesville Career Center positioned by earnings vs cost COST CHALLENGE PREMIUM COMMUNITY BEST VALUE $16K $55K Median Earnings 10 Years After Enrollment ($) $5K $30K Avg Net Price ($) Waynesville Career Center (you are here): $41K earn · $28K net · 70% grad You are here - Waynesville Career… Cass Career Center: $53K earn · $16K net Cass Career Center Lex La-Ray Technical Center: $52K earn · $6K net · 100% grad Lex La-Ray Technic… Four Rivers Career Center: $48K earn · $28K net Four Rivers Career… Warrensburg Area Career Center: $37K earn · $9K net · 85% grad Warrensburg Area C… Saline County Career Center: $37K earn · $20K net · 74% grad Saline County Care… Central College of Cosmetology: $23K earn · $6K net · 49% grad Salem College of Hairstyling: $18K earn · $6K net · 66% 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 Waynesville 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.

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

10-year median earnings, College Scorecard

$40,979 Top 49% higher than 51% of 5,103 US colleges

$0–$20,000: 169 US colleges (3%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 2,245 US colleges (44%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 1,897 US colleges (37%). This entry sits in this band. $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 Waynesville Career Center National rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $40,979 #2523 of 5103 51st
Average net price $28,418 #4326 of 5020 14th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 69.7% #1437 of 4858 70th
Undergraduate enrollment 27 #5242 of 5462 4th

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

Quick Facts

27
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
69.7%
150%-time completion
$40,979
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention

How Waynesville Career Center ranks in Missouri

State rank among 120 reporting Missouri colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.

Metric Waynesville Career Center State rank Percentile
10-yr median earnings $40,979 #61 of 120 49th
Average net price $28,418 #114 of 119 4th (lower is better)
150%-time completion 69.7% #27 of 107 75th
Undergraduate enrollment 27 #118 of 125 6th

Highest former-student earnings in Missouri

#School10-yr earningsNet price
1University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis$137,047$31,817
2Chamberlain University-Missouri$92,405$30,716
3Washington University in St Louis$86,182$21,786
4Research College of Nursing$85,910-
5Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing$84,393-
6Missouri University of Science and Technology$82,957$16,298
7Saint Louis University$70,783$24,398
8Rockhurst University$67,102$25,884
9University of Missouri-Columbia$63,403$20,268
10Maryville University of Saint Louis$62,105$22,066
11Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences$60,918$19,390
12University of Missouri-Kansas City$59,637$13,310
61Waynesville Career CenterThis school$40,979$28,418

Costs & Financial Aid

Tuition & Net Price

Average Net Price $28,418

Net Price by Family Income

$0 – $30,000 $30,082
$30,001 – $48,000 $29,071
66.7%
Pell Grant Rate
42.9%
Federal Loan Rate

Net price at Waynesville Career Center swings rather than trends

Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $12,433 to $30,016 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +53.2%, 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
$12,433
Highest year
$30,016
Most recent (2023)
$19,044
Average net price, 2013–2023

11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

2013: $12,4332014: $13,9632015: $20,7332016: $23,1552017: $18,7792018: $30,0162019: $26,4522020: $29,3132021: $26,4482022: $25,2362023: $19,044
2013 · $12,4332023 · $19,044

Over the same years, enrollment went -65.5% (55 → 19 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

74.3%
Female

Outcomes

$48,063
Median Earnings (6yr)

Outcomes & debt snapshot

Measure Cohort / horizon Value
Completion within 150% of normal time First-time, full-time 69.7%
Median earnings 6 years after entry $48,063
Median earnings 10 years after entry $40,979

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate 13 $53,371 $9,500

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the admissions statistics for Waynesville Career Center?
Waynesville Career Center is a public institution in Waynesville, Missouri. Undergraduate enrollment is 27 students.
How much do Waynesville Career Center former students earn?
Federally aided former students at Waynesville Career Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $40,979 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $48,063.
How much does Waynesville Career Center cost?
The average net price at Waynesville Career Center is $28,418..
What is the graduation rate at Waynesville Career Center?
Waynesville Career Center has a 69.7% 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.

Where to go next from Waynesville Career Center

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