Private for-profit · Community college

YTI Career Institute-Altoona

Altoona, Pennsylvania · Small suburb

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Transfer rate: $20,822
Avg net price: 29%
Grad / completion: $30,188
Median earnings

YTI Career Institute-Altoona is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Altoona, Pennsylvania (small suburb setting), enrolling 32 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 32 undergradsSmall suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. One explanation of the city's name is that the word Altoona is a derivative of the Latin word altus, meaning high. Historically, the sole economic force driving the growth of Altoona into a city was the Pennsylvania Railroad. While the various local railroad shops still employ over a thousand people, they are no longer the driving economic engine of the area as they once were. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Small suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 81 miles to Harrisburg, PA
To the ocean: 127 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Altoona Blair County (AOO)

How YTI Career Institute-Altoona compares

Graduation rate29%

Higher than 11% · #136 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention57%

Higher than 18%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,188

Higher than 32% · #103 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$20,822

Cheaper than 29% · #106 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment32

Larger than 7%

Percentiles compare YTI Career Institute-Altoona 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

Women2578%
Men722%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White44%
Black25%
Other or multiracial31%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 32
Student–faculty ratio: 10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 24%
First-generation students: 56%
Students over 25: 75%
Median family income: $20,335
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $48,735

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: $20,822

Outcomes

Graduated: 29%
First-year retention: 57%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $30,490
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,188
Median debt at graduation: —
Students with federal loans: 43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 41%

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

$17,820

$30–48k

$24,297

$48–75k

$21,022

$75–110k

$21,171

$110k+

$21,181

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.

45%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,570

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 45% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,570. 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 49 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): $30,188
Typical debt at graduation: —
Debt vs. one year's pay: —
Out-earn a HS grad: 28%

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

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

$28,970

Men

$36,755

Men out-earn women by $7,785 (27%) 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: 19°F
Annual rain: 44.7″
Annual snow: 38.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Altoona 3 W, PA US station (3.5 mi from campus).

What YTI Career Institute-Altoona graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

56 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

56———Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$43k 5 yr— debt

——$42,578—Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$43k 5 yr— debt

——$43,366—Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCert.

— grads— 1 yr$26k 5 yr— debt

——$26,354—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

— grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

——$28,867—Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

— grads$33k 1 yr$33k 5 yr$18k debt

—$32,944$33,476$17,825

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.