Public · Community college

Schuylkill Technology Center

Frackville, Pennsylvania · Distant town

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Transfer rate: $6,797
Avg net price: 63%
Grad / completion: $49,148
Median earnings

Schuylkill Technology Center is a public certificate-granting institution in Frackville, Pennsylvania (distant town setting), enrolling 102 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 102 undergradsDistant townCold wintersSnowy

About Frackville, Pennsylvania

Frackville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Frackville was settled in 1861. It was incorporated more than a decade later in 1876, when the villages of Frackville and Mountain City merged to form the borough of Frackville. The name "Mountain City", however, is still a common nickname for the borough. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Distant town
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 40 miles to Allentown, PA
To the ocean: 78 miles
Nearest airport: 42 miles to Lehigh Valley (ABE)

How Schuylkill Technology Center compares

Graduation rate63%

Higher than 52% · #93 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,148

Higher than 90% · #35 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$6,797

Cheaper than 83% · #10 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$15,275

Lower than 13%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment102

Larger than 29%

Percentiles compare Schuylkill Technology 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 gender

Women6261%
Men4039%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White78%
Black7.8%
Hispanic8.8%
Other or multiracial4.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 102
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 39%
First-generation students: 69%
Students over 25: 82%
Median family income: $23,960

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: $6,797

Outcomes

Graduated: 63%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $46,804
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $49,148
Median debt at graduation: $15,275
Students with federal loans: 45%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 55%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $120

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

$6,607

$30–48k

$7,558

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

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?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

17%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,188

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 17% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,188. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 23 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $49,148
Typical debt at graduation: $15,275
Debt vs. one year's pay: 31%
Out-earn a HS grad: 71%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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

$45,841

Men

$64,220

Men out-earn women by $18,379 (40%) 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: 80°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 53.6″
Annual snow: 48″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mahanoy City 2 N, PA US station (6 mi from campus).

What Schuylkill Technology Center graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Ground Transportation

15 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

15———Precision Metal Working

3 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.