College ROI

Smarter Choices, Brighter Futures

certificate Institutions in Pennsylvania

Comparing financial ROI and outcomes for 118 institutions.

Institution
Net Price
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)
Value Added (Med Cost)
Social ROI
Pell ROI
UPMC Mercy School of Nursing
Pittsburgh
$26,499
/yr
$87,138
Nat: $36,184
+$424k
+2681.7%
+618.3%
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
Pittsburgh
$29,964
/yr
$84,994
Nat: $36,184
+$401k
+2639.6%
+604.5%
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
Reading
$18,484
/yr
$83,507
Nat: $36,184
+$397k
+3378.6%
+791.6%
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsburgh
$25,802
/yr
$82,997
Nat: $36,184
+$386k
+2633.8%
+599.9%
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing
McKees Rocks
$17,860
/yr
$80,395
Nat: $36,184
+$368k
+2838.6%
+647.4%
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing
New Castle
$28,625
/yr
$80,910
Nat: $36,184
+$363k
+2416.1%
+540.9%
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
West Mifflin
$29,627
/yr
$79,885
Nat: $36,184
+$352k
+2245.5%
+495.8%
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Johnstown
$16,059
/yr
$77,967
Nat: $36,184
+$347k
+2987.2%
+679.8%
UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing
Pittsburgh
$27,413
/yr
$78,552
Nat: $36,184
+$342k
+2527.5%
+564.9%
Citizens School of Nursing
Tarentum
$23,937
/yr
$73,731
Nat: $36,184
+$299k
+2331.6%
+505.5%
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Willow Grove
$24,067
/yr
$70,964
Nat: $36,184
+$272k
+2005.0%
+418.4%
Chester County Intermediate Unit
Downingtown
$20,522
/yr
$66,443
Nat: $36,184
+$231k
+1724.9%
+342.2%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Philadelphia
Philadelphia
$27,179
/yr
$65,591
Nat: $36,184
+$217k
+1427.2%
+269.1%
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
Scranton
$21,551
/yr
$61,634
Nat: $36,184
+$182k
+1451.4%
+271.3%
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career
Milton
$21,115
/yr
$58,847
Nat: $36,184
+$154k
+1313.5%
+237.0%
Exton
$28,833
/yr
$59,222
Nat: $36,184
+$151k
+958.9%
+152.5%
Welder Training and Testing Institute
Allentown
$24,031
/yr
$58,771
Nat: $36,184
+$151k
+1192.1%
+208.1%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes Barre
$19,644
/yr
$57,484
Nat: $36,184
+$142k
+1200.9%
+210.1%
Western Area Career & Technology Center
Canonsburg
$11,851
/yr
$56,589
Nat: $36,184
+$140k
+2208.4%
+450.4%
Franklin County Career and Technology Center
Chambersburg
$21,483
/yr
$57,248
Nat: $36,184
+$138k
+1127.7%
+192.6%
Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia
Philadelphia
$31,969
/yr
$56,792
Nat: $36,184
+$123k
+762.7%
+105.7%
Exton
$15,070
/yr
$54,306
Nat: $36,184
+$113k
+1027.5%
+170.1%
Warminster
$15,600
/yr
$54,306
Nat: $36,184
+$113k
+1040.9%
+173.3%
Central Penn College
Summerdale
$15,056
/yr
$53,582
Nat: $36,184
+$106k
+759.3%
+106.4%
Lancaster County Career and Technology Center
Willow Street
$17,115
/yr
$51,909
Nat: $36,184
+$86k
+822.3%
+123.7%
Orleans Technical College
Philadelphia
$19,606
/yr
$51,819
Nat: $36,184
+$83k
+668.1%
+86.4%
Erie Institute of Technology Inc
Erie
$33,643
/yr
$52,590
Nat: $36,184
+$78k
+452.7%
+33.4%
York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education
York
$10,397
/yr
$49,916
Nat: $36,184
+$72k
+852.8%
+136.0%
Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program
Uniontown
$27,259
/yr
$50,092
Nat: $36,184
+$58k
+422.5%
+29.1%
Leesport
$12,910
/yr
$48,301
Nat: $36,184
+$52k
+744.1%
+115.4%
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center
Clearfield
$17,360
/yr
$48,640
Nat: $36,184
+$52k
+505.4%
+53.4%
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
Pleasant Gap
$9,010
/yr
$46,939
Nat: $36,184
+$41k
+592.6%
+84.5%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Levittown
Levittown
$29,745
/yr
$48,250
Nat: $36,184
+$36k
+285.6%
-1.5%
Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology
Lewistown
$33,409
/yr
$48,452
Nat: $36,184
+$35k
+248.4%
-11.4%
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center
Johnstown
$13,055
/yr
$46,222
Nat: $36,184
+$30k
+355.5%
+25.5%
All-State Career School
Essington
$18,867
/yr
$46,629
Nat: $36,184
+$29k
+295.5%
+6.7%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Allentown
Allentown
$39,153
/yr
$48,250
Nat: $36,184
+$27k
+207.3%
-21.5%
Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center
Springville
$10,868
/yr
$45,588
Nat: $36,184
+$25k
+436.7%
+54.0%
Northern Tier Career Center
Towanda
$15,457
/yr
$45,047
Nat: $36,184
+$15k
+175.1%
-17.3%
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Altoona
$11,126
/yr
$44,559
Nat: $36,184
+$14k
+157.1%
-18.1%
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
Pittsburgh
$30,674
/yr
$45,552
Nat: $36,184
+$7k
+106.3%
-40.7%
Pennco Tech-Bristol
Bristol
$29,548
/yr
$45,018
Nat: $36,184
+$2k
+85.1%
-44.2%
The Beauty Institute
Whitehall
$17,499
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Altoona Beauty School Inc
Altoona
-
/yr
$28,793
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Lansdale School of Business
North Wales
$25,101
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Lansdale
$14,552
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Philadelphia
-
/yr
$101,261
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Pottsville
-
/yr
$82,173
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Schuylkill Technology Center
Frackville
$16,184
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing
Bethlehem
-
/yr
$87,615
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Washington Health System School of Nursing
Washington
-
/yr
$83,883
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort
Forty Fort
-
/yr
$39,122
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Greene County Career and Technology Center
Waynesburg
$16,653
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Erie
-
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Jefferson County DuBois Area Vocational Technical School
Reynoldsville
$11,900
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program
Ford City
$25,427
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Hazleton Area Career Center
Hazle TWP.
$9,245
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Delaware County Technical School-Practical Nursing Program
Broomall
$22,810
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Champ's Barber School
Lancaster
$20,561
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Philadelphia
$52,767
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Premier Barber Institute
Norristown
$29,040
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Reading
-
/yr
$25,101
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Sinking Spring
$20,428
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Bethlehem
$16,568
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Champ's Barber School-Lebanon
Lebanon
$22,668
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Champ's Barber School-York
York
$20,117
/yr
-
Nat: $36,184
-
-
-
Indiana County Technology Center
Indiana
$21,019
/yr
$43,963
Nat: $36,184
-$1k
+61.3%
-43.1%
Somerset County Technology Center
Somerset
$14,688
/yr
$43,060
Nat: $36,184
-$5k
+1.7%
-50.9%
YTI Career Institute-York
York
$22,964
/yr
$42,633
Nat: $36,184
-$18k
-54.1%
-68.6%
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Media
$24,388
/yr
$42,282
Nat: $36,184
-$23k
-82.8%
-75.7%
Venango County Area Vocational Technical School
Oil City
$16,287
/yr
$41,233
Nat: $36,184
-$26k
-170.3%
-90.2%
All-State Career School-Pittsburgh
West Mifflin
$17,271
/yr
$40,816
Nat: $36,184
-$32k
-212.3%
-97.3%
Penn Commercial Business/Technical School
Washington
$19,175
/yr
$40,523
Nat: $36,184
-$37k
-236.0%
-102.7%
Fortis Institute-Scranton
Scranton
$23,510
/yr
$39,122
Nat: $36,184
-$56k
-293.8%
-120.5%
West Virginia Junior College-United Career Institute
Irwin
$19,688
/yr
$36,766
Nat: $36,184
-$78k
-522.1%
-161.8%
Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork
Lancaster
$11,425
/yr
$34,875
Nat: $36,184
-$91k
-1072.5%
-254.4%
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Lewisburg
Lewisburg
$22,501
/yr
$35,326
Nat: $36,184
-$96k
-588.6%
-176.5%
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown
Allentown
$22,828
/yr
$35,326
Nat: $36,184
-$96k
-605.3%
-179.1%
Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute
Wyomissing
$22,958
/yr
$35,326
Nat: $36,184
-$96k
-624.2%
-182.0%
Philadelphia
$19,697
/yr
$34,825
Nat: $36,184
-$99k
-750.4%
-203.4%
Philadelphia Technician Training
Philadelphia
$19,437
/yr
$34,748
Nat: $36,184
-$99k
-709.3%
-197.1%
Altoona
$17,628
/yr
$34,510
Nat: $36,184
-$100k
-889.8%
-226.6%
Great Lakes Institute of Technology
Erie
$18,097
/yr
$34,110
Nat: $36,184
-$105k
-846.0%
-220.7%
Institute of Medical Careers
Pittsburgh
$20,587
/yr
$33,845
Nat: $36,184
-$110k
-757.0%
-206.9%
Cortiva Institute
King of Prussia
$37,283
/yr
$35,059
Nat: $36,184
-$113k
-472.8%
-158.8%
Monessen
$29,855
/yr
$34,408
Nat: $36,184
-$113k
-549.3%
-172.2%
Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology
Pittsburgh
$23,464
/yr
$33,788
Nat: $36,184
-$114k
-699.7%
-197.7%
Monroeville
$22,180
/yr
$33,670
Nat: $36,184
-$114k
-784.6%
-211.8%
Allentown
$15,318
/yr
$32,410
Nat: $36,184
-$121k
-1078.7%
-263.0%
South Hills Beauty Academy
Pittsburgh
$3,613
/yr
$30,166
Nat: $36,184
-$135k
-3081.8%
-607.3%
Beauty Culture School LLC
Feasterville
$17,445
/yr
$29,999
Nat: $36,184
-$149k
-1387.5%
-319.3%
Ambler
$19,620
/yr
$29,944
Nat: $36,184
-$152k
-1218.0%
-290.5%
Barber and Beauty Academy of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
$10,233
/yr
$29,018
Nat: $36,184
-$153k
-2852.2%
-570.9%
Empire Beauty School-Hanover
Hanover
$16,655
/yr
$29,326
Nat: $36,184
-$156k
-1436.5%
-328.4%
Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia
Philadelphia
$17,905
/yr
$29,326
Nat: $36,184
-$157k
-1247.6%
-296.1%
Barber School of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
$20,387
/yr
$29,489
Nat: $36,184
-$158k
-1113.7%
-273.1%
Empire Beauty School-Pottsville
Pottsville
$17,940
/yr
$29,021
Nat: $36,184
-$161k
-1319.1%
-308.6%
Aston
$15,964
/yr
$28,718
Nat: $36,184
-$162k
-1570.7%
-351.9%
Empire Beauty School-Monroeville
Monroeville
$16,378
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$165k
-1403.0%
-323.4%
Empire Beauty School-West Mifflin
West Mifflin
$16,421
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$165k
-1392.9%
-321.6%
Empire Beauty School-Lancaster
Lancaster
$16,834
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$165k
-1413.5%
-325.2%
Empire Beauty School-Springfield
Springfield
$17,258
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$166k
-1376.4%
-318.8%
Empire Beauty School-Shamokin Dam
Shamokin Dam
$17,412
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$166k
-1414.5%
-325.3%
Empire Beauty School-Lehigh Valley
Whitehall
$17,934
/yr
$28,507
Nat: $36,184
-$166k
-1332.5%
-311.3%
Empire Beauty School-Lebanon
Lebanon
$16,334
/yr
$27,779
Nat: $36,184
-$173k
-1527.4%
-345.2%
Empire Beauty School-North Hills
Pittsburgh
$17,366
/yr
$27,779
Nat: $36,184
-$174k
-1446.9%
-331.4%
Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg
Harrisburg
$17,488
/yr
$27,779
Nat: $36,184
-$174k
-1420.9%
-326.9%
Empire Beauty School-Center City Philadelphia
Philadelphia
$17,881
/yr
$27,779
Nat: $36,184
-$174k
-1408.4%
-324.8%
Empire Beauty School-Reading
Reading
$17,767
/yr
$27,709
Nat: $36,184
-$175k
-1429.2%
-328.4%
Empire Beauty School-York
York
$18,012
/yr
$27,709
Nat: $36,184
-$175k
-1437.1%
-329.8%
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley
Moosic
$18,123
/yr
$27,709
Nat: $36,184
-$175k
-1435.0%
-329.4%
Empire Beauty School-Cheltenham
Wyncote
$18,885
/yr
$27,709
Nat: $36,184
-$176k
-1356.1%
-315.8%
Stroudsburg
$20,721
/yr
$27,768
Nat: $36,184
-$177k
-1361.3%
-316.7%
CDE Career Institute
Tannersville
$25,648
/yr
$26,440
Nat: $36,184
-$196k
-1219.2%
-292.8%
Butler Beauty Academy
Butler
$10,596
/yr
$22,362
Nat: $36,184
-$227k
-2738.8%
-555.9%
Butler Beauty Academy-Kittanning Beauty Academy
Kittanning
$10,659
/yr
$22,362
Nat: $36,184
-$227k
-2810.7%
-568.4%
Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy
New Castle
$10,880
/yr
$22,362
Nat: $36,184
-$228k
-2683.8%
-546.5%
Johnstown
$82,691
/yr
$25,127
Nat: $36,184
-$264k
-527.7%
-173.8%