Public · Community college
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology
Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $9,857
- Avg net price
- 95%
- Grad / completion
- $41,677
- Median earnings
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology is a public certificate-granting institution in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania (fringe rural setting), enrolling 171 undergraduates.
About Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Gap is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 61 miles to Harrisburg, PA
- To the ocean
- 125 miles
- Nearest airport
- 6 miles to State College (SCE)
How Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology compares
More selective than 25% · #29 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 94% · #7 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 76%
Higher than 75% · #57 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 71% · #21 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 63%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 41%
Percentiles compare Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology 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 gender
- Women8550%
- Men8650%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White96%
- Black0.6%
- Hispanic1.2%
- Asian1.2%
- Other or multiracial1.2%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 171
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 56%
- First-generation students
- 55%
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $30,664
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $56,970
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $9,857
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 96.2%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 95%
- First-year retention
- 87%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,196
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,677
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,454
- Students with federal loans
- 51%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 55%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $100
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.
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?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 5% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,290. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 120 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $41,677
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,454
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 23%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 63%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $1,295 (3%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 81°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 41.5″
- Annual snow
- 43.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, State College, PA US station (9 mi from campus).
What Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology graduates study — and earn
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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- Transfer
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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.