Central Penn College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Central Penn College

Central Penn College operates as a private for-profit institution located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 662 students of which 1,213 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Central Penn College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 18.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,953, with published in-state tuition of $19,854 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,194, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 64.7%. Graduates earn a median of $45,370 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,798 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 145800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.