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Portage Lakes Career Center

Uniontown, Ohio Public Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Located in Uniontown, Ohio, Portage Lakes Career Center is a public career and technical school. The campus sits in a large suburban area. It enrolled 168 students in fall 2024.

Portage Lakes Career Center offers certificates across 11 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Arts, Other, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training, and Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist. It awarded 183 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 88% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
168
Students enrolled
88%
First-year retention
183
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
11
Programs and majors
19:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 11

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 5
Health Professions 3
Engineering Technologies 1
Precision Production 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1

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
88%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
19:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
131
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
52

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
168
Undergraduates, fall 2024
168
Full-time, fall 2024
85%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
268
Full-time, 2024-25
70%
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
86%
Men
14%
White
67%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
21%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Superintendent
Lisa Tripney
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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