YTI Career Institute-Altoona
For-profit College in Altoona, PA. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $30,188.
Ten-year median earnings of $30,188 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 29% graduate within six years.
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
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 29% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 57% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a for-profit two-year institution, 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 176 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,756 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,820 at $0–30k against $21,181 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 43% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. 43% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 75 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 | $17,820 |
| $30–48k | $24,297 |
| $48–75k | $21,022 |
| $75–110k | $21,171 |
| $110k+ | $21,181 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 75 of these 176 students, totalling $550,345 — an average of $7,338 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Blair 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)