IPEDS ID 364636

Portage Lakes Career Center

Uniontown, Ohio. In the 2023-24 award year this school reported 18 awards in the trades we track: welding, auto mechanic.

Address: 4401 Shriver Rd, Uniontown, OH 44685
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Website: www.plcc.edu
Phone: (330) 896-8200
Type: Public, under 2-year
Accreditor: Council on Occupational Education
Federal student aid: Eligible (Title IV)
Undergrads (all programs): 168

Trade programs and graduates

Awards (certificates and degrees) conferred July 2023 to June 2024, first majors, as reported to IPEDS.

Trade	Program (CIP)	Award levels	Awards
Welding	Welding Technology/Welder (48.0508)	Certificate, 12 weeks to 1 year (15)	15
Auto Mechanic	Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician (47.0604)	Certificate, 12 weeks to 1 year (3)	3
Plumbing	Plumbing Technology/Plumber (46.0503)	No completions reported	0

What it costs

Published charges for 2025-26, as reported to College Scorecard.

Tuition and fees, largest program (whole program)	$18,495
Cost of attendance, per program year (incl. living costs)	$28,662
Average net price after grants (aided students)	$23,991

Trade programs this school listed among its largest, with whole-program charges for 2023-24 (IPEDS program-year charges):

Program	Tuition + fees	Books + supplies	Length	Months
Welding Technology/Welder	$8,995		600 clock hours	10

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Outcomes

College Scorecard has no field-of-study earnings for this school's trade programs, usually because too few aided graduates were in the cohort to publish.

School-wide College Scorecard measures (all programs, and all campuses that share the federal aid ID):

Completion rate within 150% of normal time (first-time, full-time students, all programs): 69%
Median earnings 10 years after entering, all students and programs: $45,737
Median federal debt of completers, all programs: $6,333

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Median pay 10 yrs, all: $37,802

Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education

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Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls

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Wayne County Schools Career Center

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Buckeye Joint Vocational School

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Largest program 2025-26: $11,850
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Polaris Career Center

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AUTO 14
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Trade grads 2023-24: 45
Largest program 2025-26: $10,977
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Sources: IPEDS Completions 2023-24 (C2024_A) and Directory (HD2024), NCES; College Scorecard institution data (2025-26 charges, released Nov 2, 2026) and field-of-study data (Oct 15, 2026); FMCSA Training Provider Registry (as of 2026-11-02); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked 2026-11-02. IPEDS unit ID 364636. How we build this list.