Apollo Career Center
Lima, Ohio · Also known as Apollo JVS, Apollo Career Center, Apollo Joint Vocational School · Website
$43,101
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$43,101
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Apollo Career Center is a public under 2-year college in Lima, Ohio with 574 undergraduates. 59% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Former students earn a median $43,101 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $8,107 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
59%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
$8,107
About $86 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$43,101
Rank 2,221 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 11%
- Students with federal loans
- 7.5%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 574
- Part-time students
- 78%
- Women
- 51%
- Students per teacher
- 4
- Completion rate
- 59%
- Retention rate
- 72%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 19
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 2,221 of 5,094 US colleges and 110 of 243 in Ohio (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | OH median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $17,906 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $15,202 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 78% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 59% | 59% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 72% | 74% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | $8,107 | $14,211 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $33,756 | $36,744 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $43,101 | $41,273 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 40% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 57% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
19 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 244 | $13,750 | $43,207 | $51,313 | $56,073 |
| Fire ProtectionCertificate | Certificate | 103 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Ground TransportationCertificate | Certificate | 83 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 74 | Withheld | $26,023 | $37,154 | $34,272 |
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 49 | Withheld | $18,412 | Withheld | $26,307 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 29 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $48,702 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 20 | Withheld | $15,987 | $27,985 | $31,135 |
| Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate | Certificate | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate | Certificate | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate | Certificate | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,702 |
| Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $33,673 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $38,000 |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 3 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $62,199 |
| Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,294 |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $42,012 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate | Certificate | - | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $35,447 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Lima and Ohio on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Apollo Career Center?
Apollo Career Center has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Apollo Career Center graduates earn?
$43,101 a year is the median pay of former Apollo Career Center students who work, 10 years after they started ($33,756 after 6 years). That ranks 2,221 of 5,094 US colleges and 110 of 243 in Ohio. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Certificate) at $43,207.
How much student debt do Apollo Career Center graduates have?
$8,107 is the median federal student loan debt of Apollo Career Center graduates, about $86 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 7.5% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Apollo Career Center?
59% of first-time, full-time students at Apollo Career Center finish within 150% of the normal time. 72% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Apollo Career Center?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (244 certificate graduates), Fire Protection (103 certificate graduates), Ground Transportation (83 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 19 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.