Public · Community college
Northern Tier Career Center
Towanda, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $14,960
- Avg net price
- 65%
- Grad / completion
- $38,737
- Median earnings
Northern Tier Career Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Towanda, Pennsylvania (fringe rural setting), enrolling 50 undergraduates.
About Towanda, Pennsylvania
Towanda is a borough in, and the county seat of, Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Towanda was settled in 1784 and became the county seat in 1812. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Fringe rural
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 51 miles to Scranton, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 103 miles
- Nearest airport
- 32 miles to Elmira Corning (ELM)
How Northern Tier Career Center compares
More selective than 64% · #14 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 55% · #87 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 95%
Higher than 64% · #69 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 50% · #49 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 15%
Lower than 35%
Larger than 13%
Percentiles compare Northern Tier 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
- White98%
- Hispanic2.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 50
- Student–faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 33%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 51%
- Median family income
- $25,668
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
- $14,960
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
- 74.5%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 65%
- First-year retention
- 100%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,203
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,737
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Students with federal loans
- 48%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 40%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $25
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)
- $38,737
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,750
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 38%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- —
Typical debt would take roughly 3.8 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 17°F
- Annual rain
- 38.6″
- Annual snow
- 37.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Towanda 1 S, PA US station (4.2 mi from campus).
What Northern Tier 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.
Colleges similar to Northern Tier Career Center
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Northern Tier Career Center side by side →
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center
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Binghamton University
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SUNY Corning Community College
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SUNY Broome Community College
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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.











