10-yr median earnings
$21,632
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Technical Institute
Commonwealth Technical Institute is a private nonprofit institution in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Former students earn a median of $21,632 ten years after enrollment at an average net price of $11,714/yr — as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $21,632
- 10-yr median earnings
- $11,714
- Avg net price / yr
- 79.7%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Commonwealth Technical Institute posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 5th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 79.7%
- 150%-time completion
- +8%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Small
Carnegie: Associate's
Commonwealth Technical Institute is a private nonprofit institution in Johnstown, Pennsylvania enrolling 129 undergraduates, using College Scorecard institution data retrieved in July 2026.. Federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $21,632 ten years after entry. Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort is $11,714. This profile combines source fields with separately labeled PlainCollege comparisons and derived metrics.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Commonwealth Technical Institute
Commonwealth Technical Institute operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (suburb: small), with a reported undergraduate enrollment of 129 students. 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; Commonwealth Technical Institute is categorized as "Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional" under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.
Admissions and cost fields are IPEDS-derived values published through the Scorecard and retain their source reporting periods. Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; the income-band fields provide more context but still do not replace an institution's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-derived records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year; the entry cohort includes completers and noncompleters. IPEDS completion and retention rates use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so their denominator is not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not as a causal verdict or an individual forecast.
College Value Score
C-
College Value Score
51/100
Commonwealth Technical Institute
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings F
$21,632
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B
$11,714
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
79.7%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$11,714
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
79.7%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 79.7%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Commonwealth Technical Institute vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Commonwealth Technical Institute ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Commonwealth Technical Institute: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$21,632 Top 95% higher than 5% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
Quick Facts
129
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
79.7%
150%-time completion
$21,632
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $7,714 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $7,714 |
| Average Net Price | $11,714 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $9,295 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $11,959 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $18,817 |
55.3%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Commonwealth Technical Institute costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $25,810 to $12,882 (-50.1%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $25,8102023 · $12,882
Over the same years, enrollment went -35.9% (206 → 132 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
White 64.3%
African American 10.8%
Hispanic or Latino 0.8%
Asian 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%
Student body at a glance
25.7%
Female
41.4%
First Generation
Outcomes
79.7%
150%-Time Completion
$20,040
Median Earnings (6yr)
$21,632
Median Earnings (10yr)
13.9%
Earning Over $25K
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Associate's | - | $26,472 | - |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Certificate | 12 | - | - |
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | Certificate | 15 | - | - |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Associate's | 5 | - | - |
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Similar Enrollment and Sector
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Private Nonprofit institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
Manhattan School of Computer Technology
Brooklyn, NY
$11,706 net price · $8 apart
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN
$11,704 net price · $10 apart
Dominican University
River Forest, IL
$11,745 net price · $31 apart
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit
Oak Park, MI
$11,746 net price · $32 apart
Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
Same-sector institutions with the same direction and nearest fitted annual change; only series with R² of at least 0.40 qualify.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Commonwealth Technical Institute? ▼
Commonwealth Technical Institute is a private nonprofit institution in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 129 students.
How much do Commonwealth Technical Institute former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Commonwealth Technical Institute who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $21,632 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $20,040.
How much does Commonwealth Technical Institute cost? ▼
The average net price at Commonwealth Technical Institute is $11,714. In-state tuition is $7,714 and out-of-state tuition is $7,714.
What is the graduation rate at Commonwealth Technical Institute? ▼
Commonwealth Technical Institute has a 79.7% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
What this means for Commonwealth Technical Institute
- Commonwealth Technical Institute's reported 10-year former-student earnings land in the 5th percentile among reporting colleges.
- The average net price after aid is $11,714 - compare it against schools with similar outcomes but a lower cost.Find similar schools that cost less
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.