Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, PA 9,533 Undergrads 21.3% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$18,369

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$14,471

After Aid

Median Earnings

$54,031

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$14,471

Peer Midpoint: $9,847

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$54,031

Peer Midpoint: $50,127.5

Graduation Rate21.3%

Peer Midpoint: 34.6%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients42.6%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time32.3%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS61.3%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$572k

+$56k

+$87k

Median Cost$14k/yr

+$545k

+$30k

+$61k

Full Cost$18k/yr

+$538k

+$22k

+$54k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$14k/yr

229%

Full Cost$18k/yr

159%

Analysis Assumptions:

Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return405%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return49%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

CertCIP: 5108

Median Debt

$11,436

Earnings (4yr)

$39,802

Natl Median: $34,272

Lifetime Value Added

-$31k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1002

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $33,223

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$37,315

Natl Median: $38,675

Lifetime Value Added

-$67k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

CertCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $50,984

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

CertCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,400

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Construction Trades, General

CertCIP: 4600

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,529

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$35,742

Natl Median: $33,673

Lifetime Value Added

-$76k

Design and Applied Arts

CertCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $36,116

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

CertCIP: 4603

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,078

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

CertCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,148

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Hospitality Administration/Management

CertCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,962

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

CertCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$42,682

Natl Median: $49,747

Lifetime Value Added

+$19k

Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering

CertCIP: 1442

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $70,006

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,319

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

+$145k

Precision Metal Working

CertCIP: 4805

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,702

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations

CertCIP: 5219

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,127

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

CertCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,631

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$15,973

Earnings (4yr)

$47,037

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

-$8k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$29,685

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

-$171k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$20,112

Earnings (4yr)

$71,104

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$219k

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

AssocCIP: 0106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1501

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,767

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Architecture

AssocCIP: 0402

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,546

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

AssocCIP: 5010

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $35,370

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biology, General

AssocCIP: 2601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,758

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$15,250

Earnings (4yr)

$52,229

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$43k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

AssocCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,587

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business/Commerce, General

AssocCIP: 5201

Median Debt

$19,703

Earnings (4yr)

$45,247

Natl Median: $49,927

Lifetime Value Added

-$26k

Chemistry

AssocCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,597

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,519

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Civil Engineering

AssocCIP: 1408

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,654

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$56,279

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

+$82k

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other

AssocCIP: 0999

Median Debt

$14,750

Earnings (4yr)

$39,729

Natl Median: $37,650

Lifetime Value Added

-$81k

Computer and Information Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 1101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,524

Natl Median: $54,246

Lifetime Value Added

+$56k

Computer Science

AssocCIP: 1107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $62,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

AssocCIP: 1108

Median Debt

$13,809

Earnings (4yr)

$44,256

Natl Median: $41,737

Lifetime Value Added

-$36k

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

AssocCIP: 1109

Median Debt

$18,977

Earnings (5yr)

$57,384

Natl Median: $54,971

Lifetime Value Added

+$82k

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

AssocCIP: 1110

Median Debt

$19,264

Earnings (4yr)

$54,807

Natl Median: $54,726

Lifetime Value Added

+$68k

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician

AssocCIP: 1510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $71,367

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Construction Trades, General

AssocCIP: 4600

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $83,283

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$14,000

Earnings (4yr)

$49,845

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

+$20k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$39,335

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$93k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$66,048

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

+$174k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

$16,417

Earnings (4yr)

$35,131

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

-$128k

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

AssocCIP: 5131

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,303

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

AssocCIP: 5005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $31,773

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

AssocCIP: 4603

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$47,447

Natl Median: $70,808

Lifetime Value Added

-$4k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $63,241

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering, General

AssocCIP: 1401

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$76,696

Natl Median: $72,916

Lifetime Value Added

+$270k

Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other

AssocCIP: 1599

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $69,455

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

AssocCIP: 5006

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $33,186

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Finance and Financial Management Services

AssocCIP: 5208

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,913

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Food Science and Technology

AssocCIP: 0110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $50,271

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations

AssocCIP: 5218

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$44,469

Natl Median: $46,500

Lifetime Value Added

-$33k

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

$24,514

Earnings (4yr)

$45,936

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

-$19k

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

AssocCIP: 5199

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,027

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 5100

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,180

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)

AssocCIP: 4702

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$63,249

Natl Median: $58,236

Lifetime Value Added

+$148k

Hospitality Administration/Management

AssocCIP: 5209

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,099

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1907

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,184

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Human Services, General

AssocCIP: 4400

Median Debt

$33,625

Earnings (4yr)

$42,048

Natl Median: $39,422

Lifetime Value Added

-$58k

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

$13,337

Earnings (4yr)

$43,996

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

-$38k

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$15,500

Earnings (4yr)

$43,159

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$46k

Mathematics

AssocCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,929

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$55,922

Natl Median: $64,773

Lifetime Value Added

+$68k

Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering

AssocCIP: 1442

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,254

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Medical Illustration and Informatics

AssocCIP: 5127

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $52,201

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

AssocCIP: 0301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,634

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Philosophy

AssocCIP: 3801

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,229

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Psychology, General

AssocCIP: 4201

Median Debt

$15,875

Earnings (4yr)

$44,652

Natl Median: $39,288

Lifetime Value Added

-$32k

Public Health

AssocCIP: 5122

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,630

Natl Median: $43,759

Lifetime Value Added

+$28k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$21,250

Earnings (4yr)

$83,337

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$329k

Social Sciences, General

AssocCIP: 4501

Median Debt

$21,405

Earnings (4yr)

$46,654

Natl Median: $43,146

Lifetime Value Added

-$12k

Social Work

AssocCIP: 4407

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $39,409

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

AssocCIP: 3105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,162

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

AssocCIP: 1312

Median Debt

$17,500

Earnings (4yr)

$39,960

Natl Median: $37,656

Lifetime Value Added

-$79k

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$60,172

Natl Median: $58,424

Lifetime Value Added

+$119k

Visual and Performing Arts, General

AssocCIP: 5001

Median Debt

$13,401

Earnings (5yr)

$36,385

Natl Median: $32,799

Lifetime Value Added

-$122k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.