Public · Community college
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $25,158
- Avg net price
- 100%
- Grad / completion
- $56,446
- Median earnings
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is a public certificate-granting institution in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 180 undergraduates.
About Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Willow Grove is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The place was on the route of an old Lenape trail to New York and developed into a typical colonial crossroads, with inns, stables, blacksmiths, and wheelwright shops. In the song "Please Don't Tell My Father That I Used His 1996 Honda Accord To Destroy The Town Of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania In 2002", by pop punk band Pet Symmetry, Evan Weiss (also of Into It. Over It.) describes his actions vandalizing Willow Grove as a teenager. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Philadelphia, PA
- To the ocean
- 11 miles
- Nearest airport
- 18 miles to Trenton Mercer (TTN)
How Eastern Center for Arts and Technology compares
More selective than 52% · #23 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 98% · #1 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 55%
Higher than 94% · #19 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 18% · #127 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 34%
Lower than 12%
Larger than 42%
Percentiles compare Eastern Center for Arts 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
- Women15787%
- Men2313%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White16%
- Black69%
- Hispanic6.1%
- Asian4.4%
- Other or multiracial5.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 180
- Student–faculty ratio
- 25 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 27%
- First-generation students
- 57%
- Students over 25
- 87%
- Median family income
- $31,076
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
- $25,158
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
- 80.8%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 100%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $55,817
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,446
- Median debt at graduation
- $11,200
- Students with federal loans
- 29%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 50%
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $56,446
- Typical debt at graduation
- $11,200
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 20%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 79%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 24°F
- Annual rain
- 45″
- Annual snow
- 19.9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Willow Grove Nas, PA US station (3.6 mi from campus).
What Eastern Center for Arts 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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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.