10-yr median earnings
$31,912
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Irwin, Pennsylvania
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute is a private for-profit institution in Irwin, Pennsylvania. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
- 83.3%
- 150%-time completion
- $19,285
- Avg net price / yr
- $31,912
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 24th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 83.3%
- 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 West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute 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
52/100
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
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
$31,912
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price D
$19,285
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A
83.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B
$9,881
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
50.0%
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
$19,285
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
83.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 83.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute 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 West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute 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.
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$31,912 24th percentile higher than 24% 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 | West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $31,912 | #3855 of 5103 | 24th |
| Average net price | $19,285 | #2945 of 5020 | 41st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 83.3% | #545 of 4858 | 89th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #4772 of 5462 | 13th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
61
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
83.3%
150%-time completion
$31,912
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $31,912 | #223 of 270 | 17th |
| Average net price | $19,285 | #115 of 264 | 56th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 83.3% | #36 of 259 | 86th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 61 | #237 of 282 | 16th |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 223 | West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteThis school | $31,912 | $19,285 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$19,109 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$16,045 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$17,964 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$23,440 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $14,798 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $14,798 |
| Average Net Price | $19,285 |
77.2%
Pell Grant Rate
93.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,881
Median Debt
$105/mo
Monthly Payment
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
85.3%
Female
61.0%
First Generation
Outcomes
$30,544
Median Earnings (6yr)
26.0%
Earning Over $25K
50.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 83.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $30,544 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $31,912 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 26.0% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 50.0% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $9,881 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $105/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | 2 | 23 | $55,902 | $55,902 | $9,312 |
| Associate's | 1 | 19 | $32,867 | $32,867 | $8,125 |
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 23 | $55,902 | $10,830 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's | 19 | $32,867 | $8,125 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Certificate | - | - | $7,793 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute? ▼
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute is a private for-profit institution in Irwin, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 61 students.
How much do West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $31,912 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $30,544.
How much does West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute cost? ▼
The average net price at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute is $19,285. In-state tuition is $14,798 and out-of-state tuition is $14,798. Median student debt at graduation is $9,881.
What is the graduation rate at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute? ▼
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute has a 83.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute is $9,881, while former students earn a median of $31,912 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 31% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 50.0% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $105.
Sources & methodology
Private for-profit profiles foreground Scorecard debt, repayment, and program-level earnings where reported. Marketing claims from the school are not inputs to this page.
Every figure is the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrieval. For-profit program mixes can shift year to year — treat institution medians as a starting map, then check Field-of-Study rows below. 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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