Private for-profit · Community college

South Hills School of Business & Technology

State College, Pennsylvania · Small city

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Transfer rate: $19,673
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $35,539
Median earnings

South Hills School of Business & Technology is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in State College, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 260 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 260 undergradsSmall cityAccessible · 97% admitCold wintersSnowy

About State College, Pennsylvania

State College is a borough and the largest settlement in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania was founded in 1855 on 400-acres of land in what was Harris Township. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, usually referred to as "Arts Fest", is held downtown every July. The five-day festival features artists from around the country and draws more than 125,000 visitors. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 62 miles to Harrisburg, PA
To the ocean: 123 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to State College (SCE)

How South Hills School of Business & Technology compares

Selectivity97.3%

More selective than 23% · #30 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #62 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention78%

Higher than 60%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,539

Higher than 51% · #82 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$19,673

Cheaper than 33% · #89 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$16,000

Lower than 12%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment260

Larger than 50%

Percentiles compare South Hills School of Business & Technology 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

Women14957%
Men11143%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White87%
Black1.5%
Hispanic6.9%
Asian1.5%
Other or multiracial3.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 260
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 21%
Median family income: $25,530
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $54,540

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $19,905
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,227
Total cost of attendance: $27,981
Average net price: $19,673

Admissions

Admission rate: 97.3%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 78%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,823
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,539
Median debt at graduation: $16,000
Students with federal loans: 75%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $75

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

$13,879

$30–48k

$15,015

$48–75k

$22,038

$75–110k

$22,313

$110k+

$26,966

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$4,300

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 7% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $4,300. 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 67 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): $35,539
Typical debt at graduation: $16,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 45%
Out-earn a HS grad: 45%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 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

$33,105

Men

$42,570

Men out-earn women by $9,465 (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: 81°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 41.5″
Annual snow: 43.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, State College, PA US station (1.4 mi from campus).

What South Hills School of Business & Technology graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

22 grads— 1 yr$57k 5 yr$21k debt

22—$56,693$20,875 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Computer ScienceAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr$46k 5 yr— debt

16—$45,701—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCert.

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

11———Design and Applied ArtsAssoc.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

8 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr$12k debt

8—$36,236$12,000 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

7—$34,089—Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Computer ProgrammingAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

6———Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

2 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.