Which Great Oaks Career Campuses certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $6,078 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Great Oaks Career Campuses certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Great Oaks Career Campuses cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $6,834 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $12,037.

How many Great Oaks Career Campuses programs report graduate pay?

9 certificate programs at Great Oaks Career Campuses report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Great Oaks Career Campuses Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public school
Cincinnati, OH
142 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Great Oaks Career Campuses certificate programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($60,896), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($22,709). The median program pays $39,297.

Tuition for the largest program$6,834Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$12,037After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate90%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Ohio. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Ohio
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 26 graduates a year	$60,896	$65,210	$16,673	2nd of 11
2	Electromechanical TechnologyGraduates a year not reported	$41,669	$51,074	$9,500	1st of 1
3	Fire ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year	$41,349	Not reported	$8,000	2nd of 2
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 25 graduates a year	$41,277	$40,878	$6,078	3rd of 12
5	Construction TradesAbout 15 graduates a year	$39,297	Not reported	$9,500	1st of 1
6	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,307	$51,343	$8,250	2nd of 3
7	HVACAbout 15 graduates a year	$36,172	$53,431	$8,152	7th of 8
8	Health and Medical AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$23,902	Not reported	$9,500	9th of 9
9	Dental Hygiene and AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$22,709	$32,626	$6,668	7th of 7

Program names link to the program's own page, and Ohio ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Ohio programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Criminal Justice$60,896
Electromechanical Technology$41,669
Fire Science$41,349
Welding and Machining$41,277
Construction Trades$39,297

Lowest median debt

Welding and Machining$6,078
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$6,668
Fire Science$8,000
HVAC$8,152
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$8,250

Largest programs

Fire ScienceAbout 41 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 26 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 25 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 17 graduates a year
Construction TradesAbout 15 graduates a year

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $60,896 in their first year, the most of 9 Great Oaks Career Campuses certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels