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. 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
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Commonwealth Technical Institute profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
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; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or 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 5th percentile 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
| Metric | Commonwealth Technical Institute | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $21,632 | #4844 of 5103 | 5th |
| Average net price | $11,714 | #1449 of 5020 | 71st (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 79.7% | #736 of 4858 | 85th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 129 | #4097 of 5462 | 25th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
129
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
79.7%
150%-time completion
$21,632
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Commonwealth Technical Institute ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Commonwealth Technical Institute | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $21,632 | #269 of 270 | 0th |
| Average net price | $11,714 | #28 of 264 | 89th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 79.7% | #53 of 259 | 80th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 129 | #196 of 282 | 30th |
Highest former-student earnings in Pennsylvania
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | $138,767 | - |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University | $114,862 | $31,944 |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | $111,371 | $28,699 |
| 4 | Lehigh University | $105,584 | $36,931 |
| 5 | Villanova University | $100,423 | $43,756 |
| 6 | Bucknell University | $93,807 | $40,766 |
| 7 | Lafayette College | $91,410 | $34,433 |
| 8 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | $86,881 | $29,689 |
| 9 | Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster | $86,881 | $42,478 |
| 10 | Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing | $86,138 | - |
| 11 | Drexel University | $84,648 | $38,509 |
| 12 | Swarthmore College | $80,257 | $23,149 |
| 269 | Commonwealth Technical InstituteThis school | $21,632 | $11,714 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Commonwealth Technical Institute
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$9,295 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$11,959 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$18,817 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Commonwealth Technical Institute - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $7,714 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $7,714 |
| Average Net Price | $11,714 |
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
$20,040
Median Earnings (6yr)
13.9%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 79.7% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $20,040 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $21,632 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 13.9% |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate's | 2 | 5 | $26,472 | $26,472 | - |
| Certificate | 2 | 27 | - | - | - |
| 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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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).
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