Central Pennsylvania
Institute of Science and Technology
Public Community College in Pleasant Gap, PA. Six-year graduation rate 95%. Median 10-year earnings $41,677.
Students who entered Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology reach a median of $41,677 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. 95% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $9,454.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 95% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 96%, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology takes nearly everyone who applies. With 184 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. A 71% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 95% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public community college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. This is a small school — 215 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 179 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,107 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Income makes less difference than usual: $8,203 at $0–30k, $15,714 at $110k+. About 77% get grants averaging $7,132, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Borrowing is widespread: 61% take federal loans.
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 · 132 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 | $8,203 |
| $30–48k | $10,518 |
| $48–75k | $11,640 |
| $75–110k | $15,817 |
| $110k+ | $15,714 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 110 of these 179 students, totalling $1,035,713 — an average of $9,416 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Centre 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)