Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 788 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 ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $32,737 a year after finishingNationally: $43,763
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $58,618
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (15)
- Behavioral SciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $32,960
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degreeNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $36,528 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 17 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Human Services, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $34,193
- Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $32,008
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 67 finishedGraduates here earned $24,404 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $36,320
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $34,827
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,279per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $12,736sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $7,320Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 13%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 40%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $37,0966 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $40,26910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,597federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 41%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 27%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 Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, 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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