Carver Career Center
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Tel:
(304) 348-1965
- Carver Career and Technical Education Center is a large, modern, well-equipped facility accessible to the handicapped. Carver is a career school designed to provide technical training and placement for high school students and adults in a variety of occupational areas. The mission of Carver Career Center is to provide associate degree, certificate and short term education programs designed to prepare secondary students from Kanawha County and adult students from Kanawha County and surrounding counties for employment, career advancement, and/or continued education and to assist employers in meeting their employment and training needs. Every full time program has seven components: basic academic skills, computer literacy, occupational knowledge, occupational performance skills, safety, work place skills and leadership skills. Whether you are a high school student preparing for post-secondary education or work; an unemployed or underemployed adult looking for a career or advancement in a career; or a business looking for upgrade training for your current employees or to hire new employees; we want to help.
School Highlights
Carver Career Center serves 170 students (100% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 6:1 is lower than the state community college average of 22:1.
Minority enrollment is 15% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 17%.
Top Rankings
Carver Career Center ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in West Virginia for:
- Category Attribute
- Offering Breadth Programs offered
- Completion Rates Highest completion rates
School Overview
The teacher population of 29 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Carver Career Center | (WV) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions | Associate's Colleges: High Vocational & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 29 staff | 49 staff |
| Number of Programs Offered | 21 | 11 |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid | 81% | 92% |
| Median Debt for Graduates | - | - |
| Median Debt for Dropouts | - | - |
Source: 2019 (or latest year available) IPEDS
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Carver Career Center is West Virginia Junior College-Charleston (5.6 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- West Virginia Junior College-CharlestonPrivate for-profit126 students | 5.60 Mi1000 Virginia St E
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 345-2820 5.60126 - 1,689 students | 8.60 Mi2001 Union Carbide Dr
South Charleston, WV 25136
(304) 734-6600 8.601,689 - 1,573 students | 8.60 Mi2001 Union Carbide Drive
South Charleston, WV 25303
(304) 205-6600 8.601,573 - 1,162 students | 14.80 Mi619 2nd Avenue
Montgomery, WV 25136
(304) 734-6601 14.801,162 - 1,458 students | 39.00 MiDempsey Branch Road
Mount Gay, WV 25637
(304) 896-7098 39.001,458
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