Mercer County Technical Education Center
Mercer County Technical Education Center provides hands-on career training with a focus on adult learners. The Practical Nursing program is a 12-month, 1,350-hour program that includes theoretical, lab, and clinical components, preparing students for entry-level healthcare positions. The school also offers training in welding, with opportunities to earn NOCTI and West Virginia Welding Certifications, and provides job search assistance through resources like ZipRecruiter.
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All Programs at Mercer County Technical Education Center
1 trade program at Mercer County Technical Education, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Practical Nursing
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62 | $36,263/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Mercer County Technical Education Center using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.