Laurel Technical Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Laurel Technical Institute

Laurel Technical Institute operates as a private for-profit institution located in Hermitage, Pennsylvania (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 163 students of which 243 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. Laurel Technical Institute is categorized as “7” 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 85.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,778, with published in-state tuition of $13,431 and a Pell grant recipient share of 60.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $10,706, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 73.6% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $28,311 ten years after enrolling, compared with $24,397 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 39500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 17.3% 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.