Upper Valley
Career Center
Public College in Piqua, OH. Median 10-year earnings $52,170.
Students who entered Upper Valley Career Center land at a median of $52,170 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Median debt at graduation is $8,793, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.17 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. 80% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time retention runs ahead at 91% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. A 3:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 137 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,282 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,958 while those at $110k+ pay $24,592. About 59% get grants averaging $6,859, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 54% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 20 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $14,958 |
| $30–48k | $17,417 |
| $48–75k | $20,447 |
| $75–110k | $12,042 |
| $110k+ | $24,592 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 74 of these 137 students, totalling $551,904 — an average of $7,458 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Miami County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)