About
Western Area Career & Technology Center is a technical education institution located in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It focuses on providing vocational and technical training for both secondary and adult education students.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 4 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data4 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 1
- May 2017Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 12 students received $56K in Pell grants, alongside $99K in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 38 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at WACTC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
WACTC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions WACTC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWestern Area Career & Technology Center | — | 100.0% | 23 | $8,066 | — |
| — | — | 42 | — | — | |
| — | 100.0% | — | $16,405 | — | |
| — | 93.6% | 101 | $1,550 | — | |
| — | — | 26 | $16,874 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 27 | $16,078 | — | |
| — | — | 31 | $15,000 | — | |
| — | — | 24 | $8,029 | — | |
| — | — | — | $11,239 | — | |
| — | 0.0% | 31 | $26,001 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 16 | $14,909 | — | |
| — | — | 7 | $12,861 | — | |
| — | 61.5% | 22 | $1,699 | — | |
| — | — | 14 | $2,914 | — | |
| — | — | 9 | $3,290 | — | |
| — | — | 30 | $18,371 | — | |
| — | — | 31 | $8,280 | — | |
| — | — | 18 | -$767 | — | |
| — | 38.0% | 15 | $10,062 | — | |
| — | — | 28 | $5,879 | — | |
| — | 50.0% | 23 | $20,386 | — | |
| — | — | 7 | $10,832 | — | |
| — | 18.2% | 34 | $14,343 | — | |
| — | — | 7 | $20,342 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 31 | $9,266 | — | |
| — | — | 27 | $28,418 | — | |
| — | 75.0% | 31 | $2,248 | — | |
| Peer group median | — | 84.3% | 26 | $11,036 |
Institutions like WACTC
Explore the federal data for institutions in WACTC's comparison group.
- Massachusetts
Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment42Net price—View data - Massachusetts
Blue Hills Regional Technical School
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment—Net price$16,405View data - Ohio
Brown & Clermont Adult Career Campuses
Grad rate—Admit rate93.6%Enrollment101Net price$1,550View data - Missouri
Carthage R9 School District-Carthage Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment26Net price$16,874View data - Missouri
Cass Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment27Net price$16,078View data - New York
Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment31Net price$15,000View data - Virginia
Central School of Practical Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment24Net price$8,029View data - Pennsylvania
Crawford County Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment—Net price$11,239View data - New York
Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate0.0%Enrollment31Net price$26,001View data - Pennsylvania
Greene County Career and Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment16Net price$14,909View data - Pennsylvania
Hazleton Area Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7Net price$12,861View data - Missouri
Kirksville Area Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate61.5%Enrollment22Net price$1,699View data - West Virginia
Mineral County Vocational Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment14Net price$2,914View data - West Virginia
Mingo Extended Learning Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment9Net price$3,290View data - New York
Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment30Net price$18,371View data - New York
Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment31Net price$8,280View data - West Virginia
Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment18Net price-$767View data - West Virginia
Randolph Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate38.0%Enrollment15Net price$10,062View data - West Virginia
Roane-Jackson Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment28Net price$5,879View data - Missouri
Saline County Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate50.0%Enrollment23Net price$20,386View data - Ohio
Tri-County Adult Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7Net price$10,832View data - California
Ukiah Adult School
Grad rate—Admit rate18.2%Enrollment34Net price$14,343View data - Ohio
Vanguard-Sentinel Adult Career and Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment7Net price$20,342View data - Missouri
Warrensburg Area Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment31Net price$9,266View data - Missouri
Waynesville Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment27Net price$28,418View data - West Virginia
Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing
Grad rate—Admit rate75.0%Enrollment31Net price$2,248View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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