Upper Valley Career Center
Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, OH, offers hands-on training in various skilled trades for adults, including practical nursing, HVAC/R, welding, and precision tooling and machining. The school emphasizes preparing students for local employer needs and provides clinical experiences for healthcare programs. Some programs also offer work-based learning opportunities and pathways to apprenticeships.
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All Programs at Upper Valley Career Center
1 trade program at Upper Valley Career Center, 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.
| Program | Score | Earnings | Debt |
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Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Compare nationwide → Compare in OH → |
66 | $44,245/yr | $14,820 |
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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Apprenticeship Pathways in Ohio
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Trade Schools Near Piqua
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Upper Valley Career 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.