Penn Commercial
Business/Technical School
For-profit Community College in Washington, PA. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $31,736.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $31,736, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate of 84% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $11,638, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 56% of applicants are offered a place. Only 197 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 56% 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
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 84% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 83%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 9:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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 223, 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 223 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,793 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,630 while those at $110k+ pay $23,804. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any. 46% 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 · 42 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 | $14,630 |
| $30–48k | $14,940 |
| $48–75k | $19,395 |
| $75–110k | $23,804 |
| $110k+ | $23,804 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 103 of these 223 students, totalling $821,062 — an average of $7,971 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington 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)