Ohio Trade Schools Comparison
Trade Schools in Ohio
For academic year 2019-2020, 83 trade schools are active in Ohio. We online include less than 2 years colleges (both for-profit and not-for-profit schools) offering 1 year and/or 1-2 years certificate programs.
- The 2020 average tuition & fees of trade schools in Ohio is $11,493. The amount is the average over all vocational programs and it may vary by area of study and program length.
- Total 10,692 students have enrolled in trade schools in Ohio.
- The average students to faculty ratio of Ohio trade schools is 10.50 to 1.
- The average financial aid amount received at trade schools in Ohio is $4,425.
- The average graduation rate is 74.20% in Ohio trade schools.
Data Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
83 Trade Schools in Ohio Comparison Table
| College Name | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | Online Student Population | Graduation Rate | Number of Programs Offered | Financial Aid Amount | Students to Faculty Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Career Center Lima, OH | $700 | 449 | - | 61% | 19 | $2,244 | 6 to 1 |
| Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center Ashland, OH | $5,939 | 48 | - | 77% | 10 | $6,138 | 6 to 1 |
| Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Jefferson, OH | $13,000 | 130 | - | 71% | 11 | $3,865 | 5 to 1 |
| Auburn Career Center Concord Twp, OH | $13,136 | 138 | - | 81% | 12 | $3,662 | 8 to 1 |
| Buckeye Hills Career Center Rio Grande, OH | $11,788 | 190 | - | 50% | 11 | $3,554 | 6 to 1 |
| Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Monroe, OH | $12,000 | 302 | - | 81% | 9 | $2,967 | 12 to 1 |
| Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education Canton, OH | $14,995 | 96 | - | 70% | 6 | $8,406 | 7 to 1 |
| Central School of Practical Nursing Independence, OH | $17,500 | 76 | - | 65% | 1 | $3,940 | 10 to 1 |
| Choffin Career and Technical Center Youngstown, OH | $8,600 | 86 | - | 96% | 10 | $3,884 | 8 to 1 |
| Cleveland Institute of Dental-Medical Assistants-Cleveland Cleveland, OH | $10,800 | 75 | - | 77% | - | - | 9 to 1 |
| Columbiana County Career and Technical Center Lisbon, OH | $10,500 | 184 | - | 83% | 6 | $3,650 | 16 to 1 |
| Gerbers Akron Beauty School Akron, OH | $10,550 | 45 | - | 87% | 3 | $2,894 | 10 to 1 |
| Great Oaks Career Campuses Cincinnati, OH | $7,695 | 261 | - | 88% | 13 | $7,653 | 15 to 1 |
| Hannah E Mullins School of Practical Nursing Salem, OH | $16,495 | 136 | - | 100% | 1 | $5,965 | 11 to 1 |
| Adult and Community Education-Hudson Columbus, OH | $15,900 | 136 | - | 71% | 1 | $4,485 | 22 to 1 |
| Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Troy, OH | $19,000 | 367 | - | 90% | 2 | $4,119 | 13 to 1 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $15,990 | 142 | - | 75% | 4 | $4,655 | 22 to 1 |
| Medina County Career Center Medina, OH | $6,377 | 52 | - | 72% | 5 | $4,045 | 5 to 1 |
| Miami Valley Career Technology Center Englewood, OH | $16,145 | 214 | - | 78% | 14 | $5,926 | 5 to 1 |
| National Beauty College Canton, OH | $16,600 | 100 | - | 47% | 4 | $3,769 | 6 to 1 |
| Northern Institute of Cosmetology Lorain, OH | $9,600 | 24 | - | 56% | 1 | $6,440 | 8 to 1 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Brecksville, OH | $14,100 | 119 | - | 100% | 6 | $5,838 | 9 to 1 |
| Tri-Rivers Career Center Marion, OH | $13,675 | 207 | - | 69% | 7 | $4,563 | 10 to 1 |
| Upper Valley Career Center Piqua, OH | $15,391 | 141 | - | 95% | 6 | $3,523 | 3 to 1 |
| TDDS Technical Institute Lake Milton, OH | $5,685 | 318 | - | 76% | 2 | $4,415 | 5 to 1 |
| Portage Lakes Career Center Uniontown, OH | $14,995 | 69 | - | 74% | 7 | $4,776 | 10 to 1 |
| Greene County Vocational School District Xenia, OH | $5,198 | 28 | - | 69% | 1 | $3,030 | 12 to 1 |
| Alliance Career Center Alliance, OH | $12,867 | 87 | - | 79% | 5 | $3,160 | 11 to 1 |
| Hamrick School Medina, OH | $5,475 | 127 | - | 87% | 1 | $3,546 | 15 to 1 |
| Cleveland Institute of Dental-Medical Assistants-Mentor Mentor, OH | $10,800 | 77 | - | 83% | - | - | 10 to 1 |
| Cleveland Institute of Dental-Medical Assistants-Lyndhurst Lyndhurst, OH | $10,800 | 9 | - | 77% | - | - | 2 to 1 |
| Knox County Career Center Mount Vernon, OH | $14,429 | 244 | - | 59% | 15 | $3,868 | 7 to 1 |
| US Grant Joint Vocational School Bethel, OH | $850 | 22 | - | 95% | 7 | $5,045 | 5 to 1 |
| Buckeye Joint Vocational School New Philadelphia, OH | $6,750 | 102 | - | 88% | 8 | $5,786 | 11 to 1 |
| Sandusky Career Center Sandusky, OH | $17,182 | 97 | - | 68% | 7 | $4,656 | 3 to 1 |
| Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education Zanesville, OH | $10,126 | 226 | - | 74% | 9 | $5,393 | 6 to 1 |
| Polaris Career Center Middleburg Heights, OH | $9,672 | 198 | - | 86% | 13 | $4,531 | 10 to 1 |
| Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools Groveport, OH | $7,275 | 153 | - | 83% | 7 | $5,154 | 7 to 1 |
| Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $19,260 | 150 | - | 48% | 1 | $4,300 | 21 to 1 |
| Mahoning County Career and Technical Center Canfield, OH | $9,837 | 79 | - | 90% | 6 | $4,419 | 9 to 1 |
| Pickaway Ross Joint Vocational School District Chillicothe, OH | $11,295 | 258 | - | 83% | 19 | $3,216 | 8 to 1 |
| Pioneer Career and Technology Center Shelby, OH | $1,508 | 10 | - | - | 2 | $3,947 | 4 to 1 |
| Scioto County Career Technical Center Lucasville, OH | $12,687 | 93 | - | 29% | 12 | $3,861 | 15 to 1 |
| Trumbull Career & Technical Center Warren, OH | $9,533 | 77 | - | 76% | 10 | $6,446 | 7 to 1 |
| Pike County Joint Vocational School District Piketon, OH | $1,550 | 13 | - | - | 6 | $1,360 | 10 to 1 |
| Lorain County Joint Vocational School District Oberlin, OH | $1,034 | 138 | - | 67% | 12 | $4,987 | 10 to 1 |
| Ohio Media School-Valley View Valley View, OH | $17,975 | 203 | - | 83% | 3 | $7,123 | 14 to 1 |
| Penta County Joint Vocational School Perrysburg, OH | $5,629 | 39 | - | 60% | 6 | $3,588 | 13 to 1 |
| Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County Newark, OH | $797 | 316 | - | 78% | 17 | $4,883 | 12 to 1 |
| Northern Career Institute Eastlake, OH | $14,500 | 97 | - | 91% | 3 | $5,040 | 6 to 1 |
| Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training Marietta, OH | $5,635 | 231 | - | 66% | 17 | $3,293 | 11 to 1 |
| Ohio Media School-Cincinnati Norwood, OH | $17,235 | 156 | - | 70% | 3 | $4,514 | 10 to 1 |
| Ohio Technical Center at Vantage Career Center Van Wert, OH | $695 | 92 | - | 100% | 6 | $1,666 | 16 to 1 |
| Vanguard-Sentinel Adult Career and Technology Center Fremont, OH | $6,285 | 38 | - | 80% | 3 | $6,817 | 10 to 1 |
| Wayne County Schools Career Center Smithville, OH | $14,365 | 177 | - | 78% | 12 | $6,004 | 5 to 1 |
| MDT College of Health Sciences Highland Heights, OH | $19,673 | 266 | - | 16% | 1 | $5,602 | 14 to 1 |
| Orion Institute Perrysburg, OH | $12,325 | 85 | - | - | 3 | $3,099 | 5 to 1 |
| Dayton School of Medical Massage Dayton, OH | $17,670 | 249 | - | 76% | 2 | $2,844 | 30 to 1 |
| Northcoast Medical Training Academy Kent, OH | $20,929 | 127 | - | 65% | 5 | $4,576 | 14 to 1 |
| Aveda Fredric's Institute-Cincinnati West Chester, OH | $20,250 | 261 | - | 84% | 4 | $4,961 | 11 to 1 |
| Community Technology Learning Center of Portage Ravenna, OH | $1,500 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Dental Assistant Pro LLC-Columbus Westerville, OH | $2,950 | 14 | - | - | 1 | $3,125 | 10 to 1 |
| Dental Assistant Pro-Lebanon Lebanon, OH | $2,950 | 19 | - | - | 1 | $3,125 | 10 to 1 |
| Elite Welding Academy LLC Cincinnati, OH | $12,268 | 81 | - | 82% | 1 | $5,114 | 16 to 1 |
| International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute Chesterland, OH | $21,905 | 22 | - | 40% | 4 | $5,355 | 5 to 1 |
| The Ohio Media School-Columbus Columbus, OH | $17,235 | 182 | - | 68% | 3 | $3,750 | 14 to 1 |
| Aveda Institute-Columbus Columbus, OH | $23,088 | 256 | - | 70% | 2 | $3,942 | 14 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | $15,970 | 230 | - | 61% | 2 | $4,371 | 14 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Cleveland Twinsburg, OH | $17,602 | 153 | - | 78% | 1 | $4,131 | 20 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus Columbus, OH | $17,595 | 142 | - | 72% | 1 | $4,210 | 20 to 1 |
| Four County Career Center Archbold, OH | $1,500 | 157 | - | - | 5 | $2,432 | 4 to 1 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Niles Niles, OH | $15,990 | 180 | - | 77% | 4 | $4,985 | 21 to 1 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Dayton Dayton, OH | $15,990 | 85 | - | 79% | 3 | $4,518 | 15 to 1 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Ontario Ontario, OH | $15,990 | 76 | - | 75% | 3 | $4,858 | 18 to 1 |
| National Personal Training Institute of Columbus Powell, OH | $7,000 | 35 | - | - | 1 | $3,412 | 4 to 1 |
| Ohio Institute of Allied Health Huber Heights, OH | $14,154 | 39 | - | 59% | 4 | $3,138 | 3 to 1 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Toledo Sylvania, OH | $15,843 | 165 | - | 53% | 2 | $4,191 | 17 to 1 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Elyria Elyria, OH | $15,990 | 134 | - | 69% | 3 | $4,458 | 17 to 1 |
| Great Lakes Truck Driving School Columbia Station, OH | $5,695 | 32 | - | 100% | 1 | $7,985 | 2 to 1 |
| Georgie International Beauty Institute Cuyahoga Falls, OH | - | - | - | 63% | - | - | 9 to 1 |
| Apex Academy Hair Skin Nails School of Cosmetology Ontario, OH | $13,500 | 27 | - | 67% | 2 | $5,258 | 7 to 1 |
| Elite Academy of Hair Design Bellaire, OH | $14,500 | 32 | - | 100% | 2 | $2,248 | 10 to 1 |
| The Continents State University Columbus, OH | $4,000 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Average | $11,493 | 10,692 | - | 74% | - | $4,425 | 11 to 1 |