Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Rural
- 171 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Cosmetology and barbering
- Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $23,574
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Mining and Petroleum Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,477
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $48,857 a year after finishingNationally: $56,388
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 64 finishedGraduates here earned $46,929 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (2)
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
- WoodworkingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $37,571
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships. This school prices by program rather than by school year, so costs are for a full program year.
- Average net price
- $9,010per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $15,257sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $17,618Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 40%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 99%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,8786 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $46,55010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $7,600federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 99%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 0%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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