Private for-profit · Community college

Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $21,747
Avg net price: 83%
Grad / completion: $31,102
Median earnings

Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 285 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 285 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. On May 18, 1732, the land was deeded by Thomas Penn, one of three sons of William Penn, founder of the colonial era Province of Pennsylvania, to Joseph Turner, a Philadelphia-based iron manufacturer and politician. Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs at Miller Symphony Hall, located on N. 6th Street in Center City. The city has a musical heritage of civilian concert bands and is home to Allentown Band, the nation's oldest civilian concert band, founded in 1828. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 3 miles to Allentown, PA
To the ocean: 48 miles
Nearest airport: 1 mile to Lehigh Valley (ABE)

How Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown compares

Graduation rate83%

Higher than 81% · #38 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention64%

Higher than 31%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,102

Higher than 35% · #94 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$21,747

Cheaper than 27% · #109 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$15,917

Lower than 12%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment285

Larger than 52%

Percentiles compare Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown 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

Women14651%
Men13949%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White17%
Black20%
Hispanic50%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 285
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 64%
First-generation students: 59%
Students over 25: 63%
Median family income: $16,310
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $42,804

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: $21,747

Outcomes

Graduated: 83%
First-year retention: 64%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $26,349
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $31,102
Median debt at graduation: $15,917
Students with federal loans: 63%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 33%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

83%

Low-income (Pell)

59%

First-generation

46%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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

$21,478

$30–48k

$22,019

$48–75k

$21,881

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$24,559

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?

Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown 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): $31,102
Typical debt at graduation: $15,917
Debt vs. one year's pay: 51%
Out-earn a HS grad: 47%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

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.

Women

$28,590

Men

$36,975

Men out-earn women by $8,385 (29%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 47.4″
Annual snow: 33.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Allentown Intl AP, PA US station (0.7 mi from campus).

What Miller-Motte College-Berks Technical Institute-Allentown graduates study — and earn

Ground TransportationCert.

145 grads$47k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$8k debt

145$46,909$29,387$7,875 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

24 grads$23k 1 yr$25k 5 yr$17k debt

24$22,869$25,324$16,500 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

14 grads$24k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$31k debt

14$23,907$28,532$30,649 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

9 grads$35k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$26k debt

9$34,521$51,570$25,849 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

9 grads$26k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$27k debt

9$25,988$30,020$27,403 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

8 grads$29k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$34k debt

8$28,511$29,969$33,597 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

3 grads$31k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$30k debt

3$30,539$34,449$29,517 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

2 grads$23k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$24k debt

2$22,506$27,239$23,859 Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCert.

0 grads$32k 1 yr$41k 5 yr$13k debt

0$32,364$40,768$13,000 Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

— grads$36k 1 yr— 5 yr$28k debt

—$35,968—$27,986 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssoc.

— grads$47k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$29k debt

—$46,592$34,771$29,028

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.