Pennsylvania College
of Technology
Public Community College in Williamsport, PA. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $52,567.
Students who entered Pennsylvania College of Technology land at a median of $52,567 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 58% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $23,961, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Academics
58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 81% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 18% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,329 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,675 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $20,065 at the $0–30k band to $30,533 at $110k+. 68% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,919 — common but not automatic. 60% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 1,100 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 | $20,065 |
| $30–48k | $19,090 |
| $48–75k | $21,546 |
| $75–110k | $27,465 |
| $110k+ | $30,533 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,589 of these 4,329 students, totalling $16,967,816 — an average of $6,554 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lycoming 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)