West Virginia
Junior College-United Career Institute
For-profit College in Irwin, PA. Six-year graduation rate 78%. Median 10-year earnings $31,912.
Students who entered West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute reach a median of $31,912 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is a strength: 78% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,881.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 78% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
A 78% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 75% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 57 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 57 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,285 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $19,109 at $0–30k against $23,440 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $5,806. Borrowing is widespread: 93% take federal loans.
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 · 8 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 | $19,109 |
| $30–48k | $16,045 |
| $48–75k | $17,964 |
| $75–110k | $20,395 |
| $110k+ | $23,440 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 53 of these 57 students, totalling $252,543 — an average of $4,765 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westmoreland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026