Carver Career Center

Carver Career Center is a public two-year institution located in Charleston, West Virginia, in a midsize suburban setting. The center offers a broad range of certificate programs spanning healthcare, skilled trades, and personal services, including Surgical Technology, Barbering, HVAC Maintenance Technology, Culinary Arts/Chef Training, and Respiratory Care Therapy. With a total enrollment of 161 students (IPEDS 2023), the center maintains small cohort sizes that allow for hands-on, individualized training across its five program areas.

Carver Career Center demonstrates strong student outcomes, with a completion rate of 84% and a retention rate of 82% (IPEDS 2023). The school holds an overall quality score of 69.33 out of 100. The range of program offerings across both healthcare and skilled trades makes the center a versatile workforce development resource, allowing students to choose among distinctly different career paths at a single institution.

As a publicly funded career center in the Charleston metropolitan area, Carver provides an affordable entry point into multiple high-demand occupations in West Virginia. Students pursuing surgical technology, respiratory care, HVAC, culinary arts, or barbering can complete their training and enter the workforce with credentials aligned to regional employer needs.