unitid 211477 · Summerdale, PA · private for-profit 4-year · suburb (large)
Central Penn College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,223
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private for-profit 4-years
The record
admission rate
18%
6th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
undergraduates
662
61st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
Pell share
49%
undergrads on Pell grants
38th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
53rd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,116
22nd pctl among private for-profit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,953
after aid, aided students
18th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,370
after entry, Title IV students
70th pctl among private for-profit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,194
61st pctl among private for-profit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $15,859 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private for-profit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k41%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $28,098
- First-generation students
- 51%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $19,854
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. | 67 | $42,858 | $22,561 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 61 | $57,807 | $44,341 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 21 | — | $47,319 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 15 | — | — |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | 13 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 12 | — | $48,383 |
| Computer Science. | 11 | — | $42,163 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 10 | — | — |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | 10 | — | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 8 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 7 | — | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 7 | — | $40,974 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.