Douglas Education Center Trade Programs

Douglas Education Center is a private for-profit institution located in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The location of Douglas Education Center is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is Douglas Education Center?

Contact details for Douglas Education Center are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	130 7Th St, Monessen, PA 15062
Phone:	724-684-3684
Website:	www.dec.edu

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Can I Afford Douglas Education Center?

During a recent academic cycle, part-time students at Douglas Education Center paid $530 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$18,800	$18,800
Fees	$150	$150
Books and Supplies	$4,075	$4,075

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Douglas Education Center, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $7,534 a year. That adds up to $30,136 over four years for those students.

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Douglas Education Center Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 207 undergraduate students at Douglas Education Center, with 202 being full-time and 5 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 202 full-time undergraduates at Douglas Education Center, 22% are male and 78% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Douglas Education Center students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	176
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Over 3 countries are represented at Douglas Education Center. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Portugal, and Thailand.

Online Learning at Douglas Education Center

In 2022-2023, 116 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Douglas Education Center has changed over the last few years.

Douglas Education Center Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Aesthetician/Esthetician & Skin Care Specialist	64	0	0	64
Make-Up Artist/Specialist	0	63	0	63
Truck & Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operator & Instructor	35	0	0	35
General Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	0	0	19	19
Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage	10	0	0	10
Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation	5	0	0	5
TOTAL	114	63	19	196

Douglas Education Center Trades

In a recent academic period, Douglas Education Center awarded 578 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Cosmetology	64	19	63	0
Ground Transportation	40	0	0	0
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services	10	0	0	0
Total	332	57	189	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.