10-yr median earnings
$38,737
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Towanda, Pennsylvania
Northern Tier Career Center
Northern Tier Career Center is a public institution in Towanda, 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.
- $14,960
- Avg net price / yr
- $38,737
- 10-yr median earnings
- 60.3%
- 150%-time completion
- 74.5%
- Acceptance rate
The verdict
Northern Tier Career Center pairs modest former-student earnings with a moderately open admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- 43rd pct.
- former-student earnings, US
- 74.5%
- acceptance rate
- 60.3%
- 150%-time completion
- -10%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Fringe
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Northern Tier 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
C-
College Value Score
51/100
Northern Tier 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 D
$38,737
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price C
$14,960
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate C
60.3%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt D
$14,750
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
$14,960
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
60.3%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 60.3%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Northern Tier 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 Northern Tier 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.
Northern Tier Career Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$38,737 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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 | Northern Tier Career Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,737 | #2897 of 5103 | 43rd |
| Average net price | $14,960 | #2089 of 5020 | 58th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 60.3% | #2185 of 4858 | 55th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 50 | #4934 of 5462 | 10th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
50
Undergraduate enrollment
74.5%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
60.3%
150%-time completion
$38,737
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Northern Tier 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 | Northern Tier Career Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $38,737 | #195 of 270 | 28th |
| Average net price | $14,960 | #54 of 264 | 80th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 60.3% | #146 of 259 | 44th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 50 | #247 of 282 | 12th |
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 |
| 195 | Northern Tier Career CenterThis school | $38,737 | $14,960 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 74.5% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Net price by family income at Northern Tier Career Center
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
- $0 – $30k
$0 – $30k
$10,909 net price / yr
- $30k – $48k
$30k – $48k
$9,404 net price / yr
- $48k – $75k
$48k – $75k
$17,579 net price / yr
- $110k+
$110k+
$17,496 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at Northern Tier Career Center - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $14,960 |
33.3%
Pell Grant Rate
47.6%
Federal Loan Rate
$14,750
Median Debt
$156/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Northern Tier Career Center swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $11,797 to $17,858 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +2.5%, 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
$11,797
Highest year
$17,858
Most recent (2023)
$16,860
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $16,4432023 · $16,860
Over the same years, enrollment went -5.1% (39 → 37 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
$43,203
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 60.3% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $43,203 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $38,737 |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $14,750 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $156/mo |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 11 | $53,176 | $11,107 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Northern Tier Career Center? ▼
Northern Tier Career Center is a public institution in Towanda, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 74.5%. Undergraduate enrollment is 50 students.
How much do Northern Tier Career Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Northern Tier Career Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $38,737 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $43,203.
How much does Northern Tier Career Center cost? ▼
The average net price at Northern Tier Career Center is $14,960.. Median student debt at graduation is $14,750.
What is the graduation rate at Northern Tier Career Center? ▼
Northern Tier Career Center has a 60.3% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Northern Tier Career Center worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Northern Tier Career Center is $14,750, while former students earn a median of $38,737 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 38% of those annual earnings. Estimated monthly loan payment is $156.
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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