Private for-profit · Community college

Vet Tech Institute

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $16,531
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $34,583
Median earnings

Vet Tech Institute is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (large city setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 183 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 78% admitCold wintersSnowy

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 city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: Pittsburgh, PA
To Great Lakes shore: 109 miles
Nearest airport: 13 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Vet Tech Institute compares

Selectivity77.5%

More selective than 59% · #17 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 69% · #59 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention80%

Higher than 64%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,583

Higher than 48% · #85 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$16,531

Cheaper than 45% · #57 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$13,623

Lower than 18%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 56%

Undergraduate enrollment183

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Vet Tech Institute 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

Women17294%
Men116%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White86%
Black5.5%
Hispanic1.6%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial6.0%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 183
Student–faculty ratio: 15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 53%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 11%
Median family income: $38,971
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $49,239

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $17,320
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $931
Total cost of attendance: $24,268
Average net price: $16,531

Admissions

Admission rate: 77.5%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 80%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $33,750
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,583
Median debt at graduation: $13,623
Students with federal loans: 87%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 61%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

74%

Low-income (Pell)

54%

First-generation

62%

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: $50

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

$11,106

$30–48k

$12,553

$48–75k

$14,929

$75–110k

$20,828

$110k+

$22,880

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

$750

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 4% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $750. 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 50 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): $34,583
Typical debt at graduation: $13,623
Debt vs. one year's pay: 39%
Out-earn a HS grad: 43%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 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

$34,142

Men

$37,064

Men out-earn women by $2,922 (9%) 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: 85°F
Winter low: 20°F
Annual rain: 38.3″
Annual snow: 44.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Emsworth L/D Ohio Rvr, PA US station (6.3 mi from campus).

What Vet Tech Institute graduates study — and earn

Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians

141 grads$31k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$15k debt

141$30,990$34,854$14,984

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.