Laurel Technical Institute
For-profit Community College in Hermitage, PA. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $28,311.
Ten-year median earnings of $28,311 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 73% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $10,706.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Laurel Technical Institute admits 85% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool is small at 102, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 77% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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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73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. A 9:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. This is a small school — 160 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 160 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $6,914 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Net price varies modestly by income — $4,533 at $0–30k against $8,940 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 80% get grants averaging $8,389, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 82% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 90 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 | $4,533 |
| $30–48k | $5,157 |
| $48–75k | $7,645 |
| $75–110k | $11,051 |
| $110k+ | $8,940 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 131 of these 160 students, totalling $1,322,726 — an average of $10,097 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Mercer 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)