Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown
For-profit Community College in Allentown, PA. Six-year graduation rate 61%. Median 10-year earnings $38,683.
Ten-year median earnings of $38,683 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. The six-year graduation rate is 61%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates leave owing a median of $11,250 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 61%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 68% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. The undergraduate body is just 893, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 893 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $36,518 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($35,937 versus $40,584), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $4,233 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 86% 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 · 530 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 | $35,937 |
| $30–48k | $35,692 |
| $48–75k | $36,770 |
| $75–110k | $38,716 |
| $110k+ | $40,584 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 765 of these 893 students, totalling $4,957,768 — an average of $6,481 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lehigh County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026