Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Seward, Alaska Public Less than 2-year Remote rural area
Overview
Alaska Vocational Technical Center is a public career and technical school in Seward, Alaska. Its campus is in a remote rural area. It enrolled 269 students in fall 2024.
Alaska Vocational Technical Center offers certificates across 10 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Welding Technology, Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician, and Information Science/Studies. It awarded 123 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
The school has an open admission policy. 92% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.
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Program levels
Programs and majors offered 10
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
- Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician Certificate 18 graduates
- Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician Certificate 14 graduates
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician Certificate 13 graduates
Precision Production 2
- Welding Technology Certificate 22 graduates
- Machine Shop Technology/Assistant Certificate 5 graduates
Engineering Technologies 2
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician Certificate 11 graduates
- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician Certificate 6 graduates
Computer and Information Sciences 1
- Information Science/Studies Certificate 15 graduates
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
- Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Certificate 15 graduates
Business, Management and Marketing 1
- Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science Certificate 4 graduates
Admissions
- Admission policy
- Open admission
Outcomes
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
- First-year retention, full-time students
- 92%
- First-year retention, part-time students
- 99%
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
- Certificates under 1 year
- 50
- Certificates of 1 to 2 years
- 73
Enrollment
- Students, fall 2024
- 269
- Undergraduates, fall 2024
- 269
- Full-time, fall 2024
- 40%
- Students over the full 2024-25 year
- 421
- Full-time, 2024-25
- 49%
- Size category
- Under 1,000 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
- Women
- 22%
- Men
- 78%
- White
- 52%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 5%
- Black or African American
- 1%
- Asian
- 2%
- Two or more races
- 11%
- American Indian or Alaska Native
- 17%
- Race or ethnicity unknown
- 11%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
- Students studying fully online
- 0%
- Students taking some online courses
- 0%
Campus and services
- Setting
- Remote rural area
- Academic calendar
- Differs by program
- Division Director
- Cory Ortiz
- Services and opportunities
- Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates