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.

PublicSmall · 85 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 79% admitCold wintersSnowy

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

Selectivity79.3%

More selective than 55% · #19 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate52%

Higher than 39% · #112 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention43%

Higher than 7%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$48,705

Higher than 89% · #37 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$19,937

Cheaper than 33% · #94 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$17,678

Lower than 9%

Student–faculty ratio11 : 1

Lower than 78%

Undergraduate enrollment85

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

85undergrads
  • 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.

< $30k
$21,147
$30–48k
$14,492
$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.

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.

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.

Campus climate

Summer high
85°F
Winter low
20°F
Annual rain
38.7″
Annual snow
45.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.2JFMAMJJASOND

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.

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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.