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Ben Franklin Career Center
500 28th St, Dunbar, WV 25064 · Public less-than-2-year · (304) 766-0369 · School website
Career programs at Ben Franklin Career Center
Ben Franklin Career Center reported 79 certificate and associate completions in 5 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in CDL (18). College Scorecard counts 78 undergraduates.
| Program | Award | Length | Program cost | Completions | Earnings, 1 yr | Funding and results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDL | Certificate | 220 clock hours, 2 months | $4,693 | 18 | Not published | |
| Welding | Certificate | 900 clock hours, 7 months | $5,264 | 17 | Not published | |
| HVAC | Certificate | 1,080 clock hours, 9 months | $4,558 | 16 | Not published | |
| LPN/LVN | Certificate | 1,300 clock hours, 12 months | $6,870 | 15 | Not published | |
| Phlebotomy | Certificate | 186 clock hours, 3 months | $1,329 | 13 | Not published |
Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).
Cost and aid at Ben Franklin Career Center
What a year costs, 2024-25
- Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
- $3,382
- Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
- $37,962
Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.
- Ben Franklin Career Center net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.
Ben Franklin Career Center on the FMCSA training registry
- Ben Franklin Career Center, Dunbar, WV (registry record updated 2022-08-03)
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