Pennco Tech-Blackwood
For-profit College in Blackwood, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $42,013.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $42,013 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is a strength: 73% of students finish within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $8,331 — 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 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention is strong at 93%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. The 15:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,536 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,408 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,012 at $0–30k, $27,293 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $5,313. Borrowing is widespread: 63% 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 · 823 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 | $22,012 |
| $30–48k | $21,507 |
| $48–75k | $23,161 |
| $75–110k | $25,930 |
| $110k+ | $27,293 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 970 of these 1,536 students, totalling $7,379,947 — an average of $7,608 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Camden 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)