Vet Tech Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Vet Tech Institute

Vet Tech Institute operates as a private for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 183 students of which 324 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. Vet Tech Institute is categorized as “10” 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 77.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,531, with published in-state tuition of $17,320 and a Pell grant recipient share of 53.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,623, 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 68.2% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $34,583 ten years after enrolling, compared with $33,750 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 42200.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 48.7% 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.