10-yr median earnings
$49,311
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania
Hazleton Area Career Center
Hazleton Area Career Center is a public institution in Hazle TWP., 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.
- $49,311
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Hazleton Area Career Center posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 30%
- former-student earnings, US
Suburb: Small
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Hazleton Area Career 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
B-
College Value Score
68/100
Hazleton Area Career 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 B-
$49,311
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
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
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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
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Hazleton Area Career 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 Hazleton Area Career 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.
Hazleton Area Career Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$49,311 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 | Hazleton Area Career Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $49,311 | #1533 of 5103 | 70th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 7 | #5434 of 5462 | 1st |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
7
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
-
150%-time completion
$49,311
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Hazleton Area Career Center ranks in Pennsylvania
State rank among 270 reporting Pennsylvania colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Hazleton Area Career Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $49,311 | #137 of 270 | 49th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 7 | #281 of 282 | 0th |
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 |
| 137 | Hazleton Area Career CenterThis school | $49,311 | - |
Net price at Hazleton Area Career Center swings rather than trends
Across 9 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $6,178 to $16,863 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as -18.5%, 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
$6,178
Highest year
$16,863
Most recent (2023)
$12,861
9 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $15,7752023 · $12,861
Over the same years, enrollment went -73.1% (26 → 7 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
Outcomes
57.1%
Earning Over $25K
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $49,311 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 57.1% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 0 | - | - |
Nearby Schools
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313 students
Wilkes University
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1,985 students
King's College
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Hazleton Area Career Center? ▼
Hazleton Area Career Center is a public institution in Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania. Undergraduate enrollment is 7 students.
How much do Hazleton Area Career Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Hazleton Area Career Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $49,311 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
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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