10-yr median earnings
$38,008
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Altoona, Pennsylvania
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is a public institution in Altoona, Pennsylvania. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $12,419
- Avg net price / yr
- $38,008
- 10-yr median earnings
- 71.5%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 40th pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 71.5%
- 150%-time completion
- +5%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Small
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center 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, 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
61/100
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
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 D
$38,008
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price B-
$12,419
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B
71.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt B+
$9,500
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment D
56.0%
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
$12,419
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
71.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 71.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center 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 Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center 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.
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$38,008 40th percentile higher than 40% 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 | Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,008 | #3051 of 5103 | 40th |
| Average net price | $12,419 | #1585 of 5020 | 68th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 71.5% | #1286 of 4858 | 74th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 220 | #3560 of 5462 | 35th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
220
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
71.5%
150%-time completion
$38,008
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,008 | #201 of 270 | 26th |
| Average net price | $12,419 | #33 of 264 | 88th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 71.5% | #87 of 259 | 66th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 220 | #177 of 282 | 37th |
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 |
| 201 | Greater Altoona Career & Technology CenterThis school | $38,008 | $12,419 |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$9,019 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$12,277 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k $6,110
$48k – $75k
$6,110 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$22,232 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $12,419 |
51.5%
Pell Grant Rate
46.0%
Federal Loan Rate
$9,500
Median Debt
$101/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $9,124 to $13,906 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +23.6%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$9,124
Highest year
$13,906
Most recent (2023)
$13,906
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $11,2512023 · $13,906
Over the same years, enrollment went -34.1% (264 → 174 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
Student body at a glance
66.0%
Female
57.0%
First Generation
Outcomes
$36,211
Median Earnings (6yr)
62.5%
Earning Over $25K
56.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 71.5% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $36,211 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $38,008 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 62.5% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 56.0% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $9,500 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $101/mo |
Programs & Earnings
Top programs at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Practical Nursing, Vocatio…
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
$56,217 median earnings
- Precision Metal Working
Precision Metal Working
$50,007 median earnings
- Heating, Air Conditioning,…
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)
$37,982 median earnings
- Dental Support Services an…
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
$37,853 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 39 | $56,217 | $14,109 |
| Precision Metal Working | Certificate | 15 | $50,007 | - |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) | Certificate | 19 | $37,982 | - |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Certificate | 16 | $37,853 | - |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 9 | - | - |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center? ▼
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is a public institution in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 220 students.
How much do Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $38,008 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $36,211.
How much does Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center cost? ▼
The average net price at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is $12,419.. Median student debt at graduation is $9,500.
What is the graduation rate at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center? ▼
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center has a 71.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is $9,500, while former students earn a median of $38,008 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 25% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 56.0% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $101.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. 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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