Public · Community college
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program
Ford City, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $20,761
- Avg net price
- 94%
- Grad / completion
- $46,756
- Median earnings
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program is a public certificate-granting institution in Ford City, Pennsylvania (fringe rural setting), enrolling 58 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Ford City, Pennsylvania
Ford City is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Allegheny River and 4 miles (6 km) south of Kittanning, the county seat. Ford City came into being from the plans of Captain John B. Ford (1811-1903), an industrialist interested in establishing a plate-glass industry. In prior endeavors, Ford had owned and operated, among many things, a river shipping line from which he drew his capital. Ford City Memorial Park, located on 4th Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets, features an 1891 bronze statue of John B. Ford, by Hartford, Connecticut sculptor Carl Conrads. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 34 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 97 miles
- Nearest airport
- 35 miles to Arnold Palmer (LBE)
How Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program compares
Higher than 93% · #8 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 95%
Higher than 86% · #43 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 29% · #105 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 10%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 16%
Percentiles compare Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program 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
- Women5391%
- Men59%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White69%
- Black29%
- Hispanic1.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 58
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
- First-generation students
- 65%
- Students over 25
- 66%
- Median family income
- $24,360
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
- $20,761
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
- 94%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,195
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,756
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,130
- Students with federal loans
- 69%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 70%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
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?
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $46,756
- Typical debt at graduation
- $17,130
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 37%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 69%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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 $2,147 (5%) 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 17°F
- Annual rain
- 44.3″
- Annual snow
- 34.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ford City 4 S Dam, PA US station (3.6 mi from campus).
What Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program 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.