Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing

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 total reported enrollment of 85 students of which 124 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. Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 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 79.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,937 and a Pell grant recipient share of 58.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $17,678, 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 44.2% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $48,705 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,936 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 20400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 67.1% 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.