Polaris Career Center

Middleburg Heights, Ohio

  • Public technical or community college
  • Public
  • Suburb
  • 300 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $35,768 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278

Carpentry and construction

  • Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572

Child care and early education

  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Cosmetology and barbering

  • Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124

Engineering technology

  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 53 finishedGraduates here earned $39,985 a year after finishingNationally: $42,256

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedGraduates here earned $32,792 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $61,762 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 19 finishedGraduates here earned $40,702 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$11,861$30–48k$14,298$48–75k$15,789$75–110k$17,036Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$13,623per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$18,036sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$10,977Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
38%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
76%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$42,5446 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$43,68510 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$6,365federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Polaris Career Center, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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