Public · Community college
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $19,937
- Avg net price
- 52%
- Grad / completion
- $48,705
- Median earnings
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is a public certificate-granting institution in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 85 undergraduates.
About Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre is a city in Pennsylvania, which functions as both the administrative hub and the primary population center of Luzerne County. For thousands of years, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers used the Wilkes-Barre area for hunting, fishing, foraging, and toolmaking. Wilkes-Barre has a Downtown Riverfront Park system that contains 91 acres of open space. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 13 miles to Scranton, PA
- To the ocean
- 94 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AVP)
How Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing compares
More selective than 55% · #19 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 39% · #112 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 7%
Higher than 89% · #37 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 33% · #94 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 9%
Lower than 78%
Larger than 24%
Percentiles compare Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 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
- Women7689%
- Men911%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White55%
- Black27%
- Hispanic12%
- Other or multiracial5.9%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 85
- Student–faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 67%
- Median family income
- $23,000
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
- $19,937
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
- 79.3%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 52%
- First-year retention
- 43%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $39,936
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,705
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,678
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 39%
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)
- $48,705
- Typical debt at graduation
- $17,678
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 36%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 62%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 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
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 38.7″
- Annual snow
- 45.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Wilkes-Barre Intl AP, PA US station (6.6 mi from campus).
What Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 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 Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing side by side →
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit LPN Career
Milton, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural · 48 mi to Harrisburg
- Students
- 98
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $50k
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania · Large suburb · 15 mi to Philadelphia
- Students
- 180
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $56k
Northern Tier Career Center
Towanda, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural · 51 mi to Scranton
- Students
- 50
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $39k
Fayette County Career & Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program
Uniontown, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural · 42 mi to Pittsburgh
- Students
- 71
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $49k
Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County
Scranton, Pennsylvania · Small city · 3 mi to Scranton
- Students
- 113
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $46k
Lenape Technical School Practical Nursing Program
Ford City, Pennsylvania · Fringe rural · 34 mi to Pittsburgh
- Students
- 58
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $47k
Colleges near Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
King's College
Wilkes-Barre, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,484 students
Fortis Institute-Forty Fort
Forty Fort, PA · Private for-profit · Certificate · 15 students
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,985 students
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley
Moosic, PA · Private for-profit · Certificate · 176 students
Misericordia University
Dallas, PA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,672 students
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke, PA · Public · Associate · 3,317 students
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Dallas, PA · Public · Bachelor's · 313 students
Yeshivath Beth Moshe
Scranton, PA · Private nonprofit · Associate · 34 students
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.












