-33%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 33% at Pennsylvania College of Technology vs the 2003–2007 baseline (4.3k vs 6.4k).
Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly associate's
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 4,254 undergraduate students. 108 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Pennsylvania College of Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
+17%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Pennsylvania College of Technology rose 17% between 2006 and 2009 ($13.3k → $15.6k).
-15%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Pennsylvania College of Technology fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (43.6% → 36.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$52,567+10% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$47,995
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.4%+12% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$15,250+327% · '97→'20
At program completion4,254+39% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS75.6%+15% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$17,940+146% · '00→'24
out-of-state $25,680SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.9%Median federal debt $15,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $52,567 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+122%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · completion · 100% rose
16.7% → 36.9%
+15%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · retention rose
70.0% → 80.5%
+39%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
4,558 → 6,324
+146%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · in-state tuition rose
$7,422 → $18,240
+78%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,757 → $15,630
+327%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · median debt rose
$5,617 → $23,961
-100%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · cohort default rate fell
9.5% → 0.0%
+35%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,800 → $52,567
+34%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,500 → $49,063
+44%
Pennsylvania College of Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,300 → $47,995
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$122,296Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$91,237Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection.$88,691Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,437Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$81,358Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,336Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.$74,724Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies.$71,719Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$66,975Precision Metal Working.$64,529Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$64,001Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$63,067Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies.$62,087Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$54,418Construction Engineering Technologies.$48,670Business Administration, Management and Operations.$47,677Culinary Arts and Related Services.$32,090
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
17 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
PERSONAL & CULINARY SERVICES · CIP 12
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$81,358Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$63,067Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other.$91,237Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$64,001Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.$66,975Construction Engineering Technologies.$48,670
CONSTRUCTION TRADES · CIP 46
MECHANIC & REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 47
PRECISION PRODUCTION · CIP 48
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$81,437Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,336Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$54,418Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$122,296
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$497,792
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $23,543
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 47
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Pennsylvania College of Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Pennsylvania College of Technology caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.