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Polaris Career Center
7285 Old Oak Blvd, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 · Public less-than-2-year · (440) 891-7600 · School website
Career programs at Polaris Career Center
Polaris Career Center reported 155 certificate and associate completions in 9 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in HVAC (53). College Scorecard counts 300 undergraduates.
| Program | Award | Length | Program cost | Completions | Earnings, 1 yr | Funding and results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HVAC | Certificate | 600 clock hours, 5 months | $10,709 | 53 | $37,480 | WIOA list |
| Nail tech | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 22 | Not published | WIOA list |
| EKG tech | Certificate | 244 clock hours, 5 months | $3,172 | 19 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Automotive | Certificate | 600 clock hours, 10 months | $9,756 | 14 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Welding | Certificate | 600 clock hours, 9 months | $10,576 | 14 | $32,228 | WIOA list |
| Phlebotomy | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 10 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Billing and coding | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 9 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Dental assistant | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 8 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Medical assistant | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 6 | Not published | WIOA list |
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 Polaris Career Center
What a year costs, 2024-25
- Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
- $9,931
- Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
- $6,365
- Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
- $38,718
Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.
- Polaris Career Center net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
- Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
- Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)
How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.
More Polaris Career Center programs on the WIOA list
People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.
| Listed program | Tuition and fees | Length | Completed | Employed, 2nd quarter | Median earnings, 2nd quarter | Students who exited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CompTIA Core Skills Certification SeriesCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 11.1003 | $4,885+ $1,840 books | Competency-based or withheld | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
| It Fundamentals+ (itf+) CertificationCertificate/Certification · In person · CIP 11.0103 | $860+ $300 books | Competency-based or withheld | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
| Security+(Certificate/Certification · In person · CIP 11.0103 | $1,205+ $500 books | Competency-based or withheld | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed | Suppressed |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Polaris Career Center by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).
Other HVAC programs within 40 miles
- Cuyahoga Valley Career CenterBrecksville, OH · 10.8 mi · $3,512
- Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, OH · 11.9 mi
- Ohio Business College-SheffieldSheffield Village, OH · 13.1 mi
- Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, OH · 13.3 mi · $3,400
- Remington College-Cleveland CampusCleveland, OH · 13.7 mi
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