Northern Tier
Career Center
Public College in Towanda, PA. Median 10-year earnings $38,737.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $38,737, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $14,750.
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
Northern Tier Career Center accepts 75% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. Only 51 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 100% 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
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. A 19:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 63, 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 63 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,588 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,909 at $0–30k, $17,496 at $110k+. Only 38% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing reaches 48% of students.
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 · 19 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 | $10,909 |
| $30–48k | $9,404 |
| $48–75k | $17,579 |
| $75–110k | $20,496 |
| $110k+ | $17,496 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 30 of these 63 students, totalling $292,861 — an average of $9,762 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bradford 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)