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Upper Valley Career Center

Piqua, Ohio Public Less than 2-year Rural area

Overview

Upper Valley Career Center is a public career and technical school based in Piqua, Ohio. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 131 students in fall 2024.

Upper Valley Career Center offers certificates across 6 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other, Registered Nursing, and Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician. It awarded 61 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 80% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

Mission

The Upper Valley Career Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality and most technologically advanced educational opportunities for students in a professional, caring environment while networking with the communities we serve.

Mission statement as reported by Upper Valley Career Center

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
131
Students enrolled
80%
First-year retention
61
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
6
Programs and majors
3:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 6

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

Health Professions 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Precision Production 2

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
80%
First-year retention, part-time students
91%
Student-to-faculty ratio
3:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Certificates under 1 year
16
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
45

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
131
Undergraduates, fall 2024
131
Full-time, fall 2024
46%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
180
Full-time, 2024-25
42%
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
81%
Men
19%
White
71%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
16%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
9%

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
Rural area
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Superintendent
Jason Haak
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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