South Hills
School of Business & Technology
For-profit Community College in State College, PA. Six-year graduation rate 73%. Median 10-year earnings $35,539.
Ten-year median earnings of $35,539 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is a strength: 73% of students finish within six years. Median debt at graduation is $16,000, 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
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 97%, South Hills School of Business & Technology takes nearly everyone who applies. With 110 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 72% 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
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73% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Part-time students actually return at a higher rate, 100%, which is unusual and suggests the school is built for them. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a for-profit two-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 241 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,520 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $13,879 at $0–30k versus $26,966 at $110k+. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $7,406 on average. Most students borrow — 75% 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 · 69 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 | $13,879 |
| $30–48k | $15,015 |
| $48–75k | $22,038 |
| $75–110k | $22,313 |
| $110k+ | $26,966 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 181 of these 241 students, totalling $1,405,728 — an average of $7,766 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Centre 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)