Pennco Tech-Bristol
For-profit College in Bristol, PA. Six-year graduation rate 84%. Median 10-year earnings $43,493.
Students who entered Pennco Tech-Bristol land at a median of $43,493 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate of 84% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $7,917.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.18 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 84% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 84% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is weak: only 31% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in three leave after one year. Part-time retention runs ahead at 100% — a sign this campus supports non-traditional schedules well. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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 1,106 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,759 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $17,543 at $0–30k, $23,686 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 66% of students at an average of $5,030. Most students borrow — 62% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 524 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 | $17,543 |
| $30–48k | $17,583 |
| $48–75k | $20,138 |
| $75–110k | $23,043 |
| $110k+ | $23,686 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 687 of these 1,106 students, totalling $5,330,816 — an average of $7,760 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bucks 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)