Reading Area Community College
Reading, Pennsylvania
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 3,703 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.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Information Science/StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,425
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedGraduates here earned $34,853 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 43 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (18)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 70 finishedGraduates here earned $44,013 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $22,567
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $38,650
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 63 finishedGraduates here earned $34,634 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,629
- Physical Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 20 finishedNationally: $34,698
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 34 finishedNationally: $30,994
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $27,917
- Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 0 finished
- Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $41,828
- Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $33,090
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $34,827
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $8,115per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,892sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $6,630Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 19%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,2486 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,37610 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $10,450federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Reading Area 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 5, 2026.
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