10-yr median earnings
$48,705
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is a public institution in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Former students earn a median of $48,705 ten years after enrollment at an average net price of $19,937/yr — 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.
- $19,937
- Avg net price / yr
- $48,705
- 10-yr median earnings
- 44.2%
- 150%-time completion
- 79.3%
- Acceptance rate
The verdict
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing pairs above-median former-student earnings with a moderately open admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 31%
- former-student earnings, US
- 79.3%
- acceptance rate
- 44.2%
- 150%-time completion
- +22%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Suburb: Large
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is a public institution in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania enrolling 85 undergraduates, using College Scorecard institution data retrieved in July 2026. The acceptance rate is 79.3%. Federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $48,705 ten years after entry. Average net price for the reported Title IV-recipient cohort is $19,937. This profile combines source fields with separately labeled PlainCollege comparisons and derived metrics.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing operates as a public institution located in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania (suburb: large), with a reported undergraduate enrollment of 85 students. 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.
Admissions and cost fields are IPEDS-derived values published through the Scorecard and retain their source reporting periods. 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; the income-band fields provide more context but still do not replace an institution's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-derived records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year; the entry cohort includes completers and noncompleters. IPEDS completion and retention rates use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so their denominator is not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not as a causal verdict or an individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
44/100
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
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 B-
$48,705
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price F
$19,937
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate F
44.2%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$17,678
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
45.0%
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
$19,937
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
44.2%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 44.2%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 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 Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 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.
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$48,705 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Quick Facts
85
Undergraduate enrollment
79.3%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
44.2%
150%-time completion
$48,705
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 79.3% |
Share of applicants admitted
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $19,937 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $21,147 |
| $30,001 – $48,000 | $14,492 |
58.9%
Pell Grant Rate
66.9%
Federal Loan Rate
$17,678
Median Debt
$187/mo
Monthly Payment
Net price at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing swings rather than trends
Across 11 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $10,746 to $18,620 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +16.3%, 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
$10,746
Highest year
$18,620
Most recent (2023)
$18,620
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $16,0122023 · $18,620
Over the same years, enrollment went -14.3% (119 → 102 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
90.0%
Female
60.6%
First Generation
Outcomes
44.2%
150%-Time Completion
$39,936
Median Earnings (6yr)
$48,705
Median Earnings (10yr)
67.1%
Earning Over $25K
45.0%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 54 | $54,907 | $17,678 |
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Similar Enrollment and Sector
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Public institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
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Knoxville, TN
$20,012 net price · $75 apart
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$19,858 net price · $79 apart
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
$19,857 net price · $80 apart
Riverside County Office of Education-School of Career Education
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$19,842 net price · $95 apart
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing? ▼
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is a public institution in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. The acceptance rate is 79.3%. Undergraduate enrollment is 85 students.
How much do Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $48,705 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $39,936.
How much does Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing cost? ▼
The average net price at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is $19,937.. Median student debt at graduation is $17,678.
What is the graduation rate at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing? ▼
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing has a 44.2% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Is Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is $17,678, while former students earn a median of $48,705 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 36% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 45.0% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $187.
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).
What this means for Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
- Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing's reported 10-year former-student earnings land in the 69th percentile among reporting colleges.
- The average net price after aid is $19,937 - compare it against schools with similar outcomes but a lower cost.Find similar schools that cost less
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