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Pennsylvania Community Colleges Average Statistics

There are 100 community colleges (2-4 years colleges, offer Associate degree/program dominantly) located in Pennsylvania - 26 schools are public and 74 private. 54 community colleges in Pennsylvania have the open admission policy with some application requirements such as high school diploma and certificate of attendance. The average acceptance rate of schools without open admission policies is 70.66% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 79.09%.
Total 111,089 students are attending Pennsylvania community colleges and, among them, 29,944 students enrolled online exclusively. 23 schools offer online degree/programs out of Pennsylvania community colleges. The following table summarizes the average statistics for key academic facts for the academic year 2023-2024.
Pennsylvania Community Colleges Average Statistics (2023-2024)
Number of Schools100 community colleges (26 public, 74 private)
Open Admission Policy54 out of 100 schools
Acceptance Rate70.66%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)79.09%
Tuition & Fees$10,386 Pennsylvania Residents
$18,474 out-of-state Students
Financial Aid Amounts$6,582
Student PopulationTotal 111,089 (1,234 on average)
Online Student PopulationTotal 29,944 (1,302 on average) in 23 schools offering online classes)
Graduation Rate52.14%
Transfer-out Rate16.90%
Student to Faculty Ratio12.29 to 1
Salary After 10 Years of Graduation$39,272

Pennsylvania Community Colleges Comparison - Ranking and Key Facts

University of Pittsburgh-Titusville is ranked first among Pennsylvania community colleges and Northampton County Area Community College and Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are second and third position in the ranking. The average tuition & fees of the schools are $10,386 for Pennsylvania residents and $18,474 for out-of-state students. The following table compares the Pennsylvania community colleges with average key statistics by ranking.
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2024 Tuition & Academic Comparison Between Community Colleges in Pennsylvania
PA RankNameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidAverage Earning after 10 Years of GraduationStudent PopulationGraduation RateStudent to Faculty Ratio
Pennsylvania ResidentsOut-of-State
1 University of Pittsburgh-TitusvilleTitusville, PA
$11,918$22,210 $11,970 $61,200 23 13% 2 to 1
2 Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, PA
$10,980$14,730 $4,665 $36,400 8,484 21% 19 to 1
3 Thaddeus Stevens College of TechnologyLancaster, PA
$8,450$9,050 $7,293 $46,700 1,312 56% 16 to 1
4 Valley Forge Military CollegeWayne, PA
$32,176 $18,938 $51,400 84 28% 10 to 1
5 Johnson CollegeScranton, PA
$20,733 $8,275 $40,900 586 53% 8 to 1
6 Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA
$11,250$16,230 $4,710 $41,100 8,596 23% 16 to 1
7 Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, PA
$29,900 $12,899 $47,700 910 34% 4 to 1
8 YTI Career Institute-AltoonaAltoona, PA$34,964 $5,914 $24,400 121 100% 10 to 1
9 Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, PA
$10,800$14,940 $1,800 $42,000 7,992 20% 16 to 1
10 Mercyhurst University-North East CampusNorth East, PA$19,120 $12,120 $44,200 446 - 17 to 1
11 Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA
$8,688$12,440 $5,600 $35,900 11,636 16% 13 to 1
12 Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, PA
$9,210$13,205 $4,673 $36,400 6,242 20% 19 to 1
13 Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, PA
$8,918$11,400 $5,653 $37,800 12,576 16% 13 to 1
15 Triangle Tech Inc-PittsburghPittsburgh, PA
$18,538 $7,185 $43,700 105 30% 8 to 1
16 Triangle Tech Inc-DuboisFalls Creek, PA
$18,575 $8,927 $41,400 73 68% 7 to 1
18 Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, PA
$9,221$13,421 $4,164 $42,300 6,162 25% 13 to 1
19 YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, PA$30,688 $7,912 $37,900 551 46% 9 to 1
20 Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, PA$32,043 $4,119 $38,200 419 55% 18 to 1
21 Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, PA
$11,130$15,810 $4,969 $35,200 4,220 17% 15 to 1
22 Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, PA
$10,224$14,424 $5,143 $35,200 4,171 18% 17 to 1
23 Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, PA
$13,680$19,890 $3,716 $44,900 1,720 20% 16 to 1
24 New Castle School of TradesNew Castle, PA
$23,310 $5,654 $39,000 628 72% 20 to 1
25 Butler County Community CollegeButler, PA
$8,700$11,700 $4,254 $35,200 2,496 30% 12 to 1
26 Penn Commercial Business/Technical SchoolWashington, PA
$13,654 $5,919 $29,600 243 87% 9 to 1
27 South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState College, PA
$19,208 $10,763 $32,900 272 61% 8 to 1
28 Dean Institute of TechnologyPittsburgh, PA
$14,550 - $40,100 146 - 12 to 1
29 Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, PA
$8,803$12,583 $2,364 $35,800 10,467 18% 17 to 1
30 Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical InstituteWyomissing, PA$5,000 $6,825 $31,400 311 44% 10 to 1
31 Reading Area Community CollegeReading, PA
$10,890$12,030 $3,524 $34,300 4,533 20% 19 to 1
32 Fortis Institute-ErieErie, PA$13,595 $6,149 $28,100 194 - 9 to 1
33 Lansdale School of BusinessNorth Wales, PA$11,850 $6,227 $32,500 90 71% 10 to 1
35 Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, PA
$9,360$13,080 $7,702 $31,600 2,270 37% 18 to 1
36 Commonwealth Technical InstituteJohnstown, PA
$7,714 $6,357 $14,600 94 90% 4 to 1
38 Laurel Business InstituteUniontown, PA
$11,470 $6,223 $25,200 305 87% 8 to 1
39 Laurel Technical InstituteMEADVILLE, PA$11,470 $6,736 $19,200 21 78% 7 to 1
40 Laurel Technical InstituteHermitage, PA
$11,470 $9,262 $19,200 118 63% 10 to 1
42 Miller-Motte College-McCann-LewisburgLewisburg, PA$21,040 $6,855 - 144 51% 19 to 1
43 Miller-Motte College-McCann-AllentownAllentown, PA$5,000 $6,795 - 233 45% 14 to 1
- Northampton County Area Community College-MonroeTannersville, PA$10,980$14,730 - $0 - - -
- UPMC Jameson School of Nursing - UPMC HamotErie, PA$20,645 - $0 - - -
- Antonelli InstituteErdenheim, PA
$19,890 - $28,100 71 - 13 to 1
- Harrisburg Area Community College-LebanonLebanon, PA$8,918$11,400 - $0 - - -
- Harrisburg Area Community College-LancasterLancaster, PA$8,918$11,400 - $0 - - -
- Bucks County Community College-Upper Bucks CampusPerkasie, PA$9,221$13,421 - $0 - - -
- Consolidated School of Business-YorkYork, PA
$28,500 - $25,800 114 - 15 to 1
- West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteIrwin, PA$14,070 $6,927 $0 60 - 12 to 1
- South Hills School of Business and Technology-AltoonaAltoona, PA$18,855 - $0 - - -
- Wyotech-BlairsvilleBlairsville, PA$30,127 - $49,400 499 - 16 to 1
- New Castle School of Trades - PulaskiPulaski, PA$18,623 - $0 - - -
- Harrisburg Area Community College-YorkYork, PA$8,918$11,400 - $0 - - -
- Harrisburg Area Community College-GettysburgGettysburg, PA$8,918$11,400 - $0 - - -
- Bucks County Community College-Gene and Marlene Epstein Campus at Lower BucksBristol, PA$9,221$13,421 - $0 - - -
- Triangle Tech-ChambersburgChambersburg, PA$18,961 $7,966 $0 50 - 9 to 1
- Northern Pennsylvania Regional CollegeWarren, PA$4,800$8,880 $2,421 $0 74 - 3 to 1
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of NursingPhiladelphia, PA
$14,847 $4,101 $71,000 174 - 9 to 1
- Aria Health School of NursingTrevose, PA
$17,264 - $58,400 98 - 14 to 1
- All-State Career SchoolEssington, PA$12,092 $5,169 $41,400 838 26% 19 to 1
- Triangle Tech Inc-SunburySunbury, PA
$18,700 $6,595 $41,400 53 63% 8 to 1
- Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania IncExton, PA$40,500 $5,917 $50,600 1,001 44% 35 to 1
- UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, PA
$15,498 $7,106 $55,300 342 100% 13 to 1
- Triangle Tech Inc-ErieErie, PA
$17,562 - $40,400 15 - 5 to 1
- Pennco Tech-BristolBristol, PA$18,750 $4,721 $39,000 515 72% 10 to 1
- Triangle Tech Inc-BethlehemBethlehem, PA
$18,593 $5,012 $46,100 120 68% 9 to 1
- Triangle Tech Inc-GreensburgGreensburg, PA
$18,513 $6,039 $46,100 101 78% 8 to 1
- West Virginia Junior College-United Career InstituteMount Braddock, PA
$13,625 $8,169 $24,000 8 62% 8 to 1
- Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital School of NursingLewistown, PA$19,604 $6,397 - 75 100% 8 to 1
- All-State Career School-Health SciencesEssington, PA$17,656 - $41,400 313 - 24 to 1
- Citizens School of NursingTarentum, PA
$36,496 $7,059 $59,600 78 70% 6 to 1
- Pittsburgh Institute of AeronauticsWest Mifflin, PA
$17,725 $5,708 $58,600 541 56% 14 to 1
- Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, PA
$12,886 $5,749 $50,400 106 53% 11 to 1
- Studio IncamminatiPhiladelphia, PA$17,333 $5,784 - 39 - 6 to 1
- Joseph F McCloskey School of NursingPottsville, PA
$17,337 $5,339 - 64 - 6 to 1
- UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, PA
$16,190 $4,786 $50,400 112 38% 11 to 1
- Lancaster County Career and Technology CenterWillow Street, PA
$20,912$20,912 $6,550 $39,000 239 80% 24 to 1
- Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, PA
$11,915 $4,928 $60,400 259 44% 7 to 1
- Vet Tech InstitutePittsburgh, PA
$16,920 $7,523 $26,700 215 71% 15 to 1
- UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, PA
$16,190 $5,795 $50,700 168 - 7 to 1
- Erie Institute of Technology IncErie, PA
$15,768 $8,881 $35,800 136 70% 6 to 1
- UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, PA
$16,190 $3,921 $53,100 422 22% 6 to 1
- ASPIRA City CollegePhiladelphia, PA
$12,147 $6,729 $23,400 11 - 5 to 1
- PITC InstituteWyncote, PA
$38,280 $3,674 - 361 10% 20 to 1
- Fortis Institute-Forty FortForty Fort, PA$13,955 $4,623 $24,400 167 50% 19 to 1
- Automotive Training Center-ExtonExton, PA
$43,800 $8,347 $44,900 348 71% 22 to 1
- Automotive Training Center-WarminsterWarminster, PA$43,800 $6,846 $44,900 273 62% 19 to 1
- Aviation Institute of Maintenance-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$16,757 $5,789 $43,300 288 28% 11 to 1
- Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie, PA
$22,500 $6,820 $24,900 350 50% 11 to 1
- Bidwell Training Center IncPittsburgh, PA
$12,000 - - 115 - 10 to 1
- Pennsylvania Gunsmith SchoolPittsburgh, PA
$34,320 $5,191 - 52 78% 15 to 1
- Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and TechnologyPleasant Gap, PA
$16,996$16,996 $6,524 - 131 77% 10 to 1
- Institute of Medical CareersPittsburgh, PA$22,500 $5,067 - 844 80% 22 to 1
- Washington Health System School of NursingWashington, PA
$11,223 $1,823 $50,800 33 - 6 to 1
- Fortis Institute-ScrantonScranton, PA$14,444 $6,879 $23,600 210 43% 15 to 1
- DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, PA
$32,489 $5,001 $56,600 155 54% 7 to 1
- Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science IncPittsburgh, PA
$26,075 $2,615 $38,700 372 72% 13 to 1
- Lincoln Technical Institute-PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$31,430 $4,661 $43,500 299 43% 21 to 1
- Pittsburgh Career InstitutePittsburgh, PA$15,612 $1,603 $26,200 284 35% 10 to 1
- Williamson College of the TradesMedia, PA$30,858 $33,180 - 278 67% 11 to 1
- Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, PA
$14,575 $7,136 $21,100 9 75% 3 to 1
- Douglas Education CenterMonessen, PA
$18,950 $5,346 $26,300 198 79% 12 to 1
- Rosedale Technical CollegePittsburgh, PA
$16,700 $11,091 $37,500 417 78% 15 to 1
Average$10,386$18,474 $6,582$39,2721,234 52.14%12.29 to 1
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