Northern Tier Career Center

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Northern Tier Career Center

Northern Tier Career Center operates as a public institution located in Towanda, Pennsylvania (rural: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 50 students of which 63 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. Northern Tier Career Center is categorized as “-2” 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 74.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,960 and a Pell grant recipient share of 33.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,750, 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 60.3% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $38,737 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,203 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 7200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.