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Overview
Academy of Careers and Technology is in a small city with fewer than 100,000 residents. It is in the Beckley WV area.
Highlights
Largest undergraduate program (27): Surgical Technology/Technologist
Institutional Control
Academy of Careers and Technology is a public organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Academy of Careers and Technology holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school. Please read below for concerns we found in the accreditation records.
Accreditation History
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees (Accredited April 1, 1980 - February 1, 2013)
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited June 30, 2013 - present)
- The next accreditation review was scheduled for December 31, 2021.
- A prior accreditation warning was resolved on September 16, 2018, and we believe the school should now be in compliance.
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
Admissions
Open Admissions
Academy of Careers and Technology is an open admissions school and accepts any student who applies.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Academy of Careers and Technology's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Credits accepted from new students
Programs
Academy of Careers and Technology program offerings
What award level are you pursuing?
1-2 Year Certificate
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Costs
Current Program Costs
Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.
The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.
You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.
Cosmetology (16 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 1st largest program. On average, students take 16 months of full-time study to complete the required 1799 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Cosmetology certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,050
$9,456
Context: costs of similar programs
Electrician (9 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 3rd largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 1080 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Electrician certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$630
$6,120
Context: costs of similar programs
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (12 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 2nd largest program. On average, students take 12 months of full-time study to complete the required 1350 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,350
$7,610
Context: costs of similar programs
Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist (3 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 6th largest program. On average, students take 3 months of full-time study to complete the required 226 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist certificate programs within the context schools that take 6 months or fewer to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$125
$1,850
Context: costs of similar programs
Surgical Technology/Technologist (10 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 4th largest program. On average, students take 10 months of full-time study to complete the required 1215 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Surgical Technology/Technologist certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$1,130
$6,680
Context: costs of similar programs
Welding Technology/Welder (9 Months)
This program is Academy of Careers and Technology's 5th largest program. On average, students take 9 months of full-time study to complete the required 1080 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Welding Technology/Welder certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$6,415
Context: costs of similar programs
Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$4,650
$4,650
$13,950
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Cosmetology (21 months)
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Outcomes
Graduation Rate
Approximately 65% of undergraduate students are full-time. In the last reporting year, 79% of full-time first-time students received a degree within 150% of the expected time for completion.
Time to complete
On time
50% more time
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect the percentage of full-time first-time students who graduate with a 2-year degree or certificate within 3 years.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
Loan burden
At Academy of Careers and Technology, 0% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Academy of Careers and Technology
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Academy of Careers and Technology
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Academy of Careers and Technology has 82% full-time instructors, and 81% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Academy of Careers and Technology, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
Long-term instructors
Campus Safety
Disciplinary actions and crime at Academy of Careers and Technology
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
Disciplinary Actions
Liquor Violations
Drug Violations
Weapon Possessions
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Context: Disciplinary Actions
Average number of disciplinary violoations at Academy of Careers and Technology as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
Context: Arrests
Average number of arrests at Academy of Careers and Technology as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
Criminal Offenses
Burglaries/Robberies
Sex Offenses
Vehicle Thefts
Aggrevated Assaults
Context: Criminal Offenses
Average number of criminal offenses at Academy of Careers and Technology as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
Housing
Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
- Remedial services
- Academic/career counseling services
- Employment services for current students
- Placement services for program completers
Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
- Credit for Military Training
Student Body
Study Types
About 65% of students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
Online classes
Context: Student body size
Academy of Careers and Technology enrolled 215 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 70% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Academy of Careers and Technology students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
Women
Undergraduate student race/origin
Academy of Careers and Technology reports that 8% of students are minority, which is less than 94% of the context schools. This school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Hispanic
Multiracial
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Academy of Careers and Technology.
Context: Percentage of women
With 69% women , Academy of Careers and Technology ranks near the middle of context schools in its percentage of women students.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Academy of Careers and Technology compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
Freshman residence
In-state
Out-of-state
International
Not Reported
Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
Under 18
18-19
20-21
22-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-49
50-64
School Finances
Academy of Careers and Technology: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Academy of Careers and Technology is a public school. Along with private not-for-profit schools, publicly-controlled schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Academy of Careers and Technology into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
Tuition and fees revenue
Government appropriations etc.
Instructional expenses
Student services expenses
Academic support expenses
Institutional support expenses
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