Private for-profit · Community college
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $31,452
- Avg net price
- 88%
- Grad / completion
- $40,747
- Median earnings
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 64 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Seneca people called the confluence of the rivers Diondega or Jaödeogë’. Shannopin's Town was an 18th-century Lenape (Delaware) town located roughly from where Penn Avenue is today, below the mouth of Two Mile Run, from 30th Street to 39th Street. Pittsburgh boasts a rich arts and culture scene, with a history dating back to 19th-century industrialists who commissioned and donated public works including Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts and the Benedum Center, home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Opera. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 104 miles
- Nearest airport
- 9 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub
How Pennsylvania Gunsmith School compares
Higher than 87% · #24 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 86%
Higher than 71% · #62 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 6% · #146 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 56%
Larger than 18%
Percentiles compare Pennsylvania Gunsmith School 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%
- Black1.6%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 64
- Student–faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
- First-generation students
- —
- Students over 25
- 34%
- Median family income
- $38,768
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
- $31,452
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
- 88%
- First-year retention
- 94%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,635
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,747
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 69%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $75
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?
Pennsylvania Gunsmith School 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 38.3″
- Annual snow
- 44.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Emsworth L/D Ohio Rvr, PA US station (1.2 mi from campus).
What Pennsylvania Gunsmith School 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.