Public · Community college
Hazleton Area Career Center
Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania · Small suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- —
- Avg net price
- 25%
- Grad / completion
- $49,311
- Median earnings
Hazleton Area Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania (small suburb setting), enrolling 7 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania
Hazleton Area Career Center is located in Hazle TWP., Pennsylvania, a small suburb setting.
- Setting
- Small suburb
- Nearest big city
- 35 miles to Scranton, PA
- To the ocean
- 83 miles
- Nearest airport
- 29 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)
How Hazleton Area Career Center compares
Higher than 8% · #139 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 90% · #33 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 92%
Larger than 1%
Percentiles compare Hazleton Area Career 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
- White43%
- Hispanic57%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 7
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 86%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 57%
- Median family income
- $23,832
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 25%
- First-year retention
- —
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $49,311
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 35%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $70
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%.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 80°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 53.6″
- Annual snow
- 48″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mahanoy City 2 N, PA US station (12.3 mi from campus).
What Hazleton Area Career Center 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.