Public · Community college

Berks Career & Technology Center

Leesport, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$20,536
Avg net price
63%
Grad / completion
Median earnings

Berks Career & Technology Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Leesport, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 47 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 47 undergradsLarge suburbCold winters

About Leesport, Pennsylvania

Leesport is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. A post office was established in 1851. An anthracite furnace owned by the Leesport Iron Company was built in 1853. Leesport was described in 1876 as "a flourishing village", with a station of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
50 miles
Nearest airport
24 miles to Lancaster (LNS)

How Berks Career & Technology Center compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 52% · #94 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention84%

Higher than 72%

Average net price$20,536

Cheaper than 30% · #103 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio2 : 1

Lower than 99%

Undergraduate enrollment47

Larger than 12%

Percentiles compare Berks Career & Technology Center with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White72%
  • Black4.3%
  • Hispanic15%
  • Other or multiracial8.5%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
47
Student–faculty ratio
2 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
26%
First-generation students
Students over 25
15%
Median family income
$37,334

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
Average net price
$20,536

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
63%
First-year retention
84%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Median debt at graduation
Students with federal loans
33%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$40

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$18,103
$30–48k
$48–75k
$20,908
$75–110k
$23,912
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Berks Career & Technology Center funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Campus climate

Summer high
85°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
48.4″
Annual snow
21.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Blue Marsh Lake, PA US station (1.5 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.