Waynesville Career Center
Waynesville Career Center offers career and technical training for adults in programs like Practical Nursing, Automotive Service Technology, and Welding and Manufacturing. The Practical Nursing program, specifically for adult students, includes both classroom instruction and hands-on clinical experience in healthcare facilities, including Fort Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital. Many programs emphasize hands-on learning with modern equipment, and the school provides placement services to help students find employment or further their education.
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All Programs at Waynesville Career Center
1 trade program at Waynesville 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
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62 | $36,530/yr | $9,500 |
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 Waynesville 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.