Vet Tech Institute
For-profit College in Pittsburgh, PA. Six-year graduation rate 74%. Median 10-year earnings $34,583.
Ten-year median earnings of $34,583 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 74% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,623.
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
78% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. Only 98 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 59% 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
Academics
Six-year completion runs to 74% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 80% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 199, 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 199 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $14,082 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $11,106 at $0–30k versus $22,880 at $110k+. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,763 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 87% 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 · 45 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 | $11,106 |
| $30–48k | $12,553 |
| $48–75k | $14,929 |
| $75–110k | $20,828 |
| $110k+ | $22,880 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 174 of these 199 students, totalling $965,692 — an average of $5,550 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny 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)