Penn Commercial Business/Technical School

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Penn Commercial Business/Technical School

Penn Commercial Business/Technical School operates as a private for-profit institution located in Washington, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 265 students of which 438 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. Penn Commercial Business/Technical School is categorized as “9” 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 55.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,350, with published in-state tuition of $13,654 and a Pell grant recipient share of 41.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $11,638, 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 76.9% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $31,736 ten years after enrolling, compared with $30,177 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 54000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 39.1% 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.