Berks Career
& Technology Center
Public College in Leesport, PA.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. 84% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. At 2:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 57 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 57 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,474 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,103 versus $21,959), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 33% of students receive any. 33% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 28 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,103 |
| $30–48k | — |
| $48–75k | $20,908 |
| $75–110k | $23,912 |
| $110k+ | $21,959 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 19 of these 57 students, totalling $70,520 — an average of $3,712 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Berks County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)