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Commonwealth Technical Institute

Community collegePrivate nonprofitUpper Yoder, PAwww.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Disability-Services/CTI-HGAC/Pages/Home.aspx ↗

Commonwealth Technical Institute is a private nonprofit community college in Upper Yoder, PA, with about 132 students on campus. the average family on aid pays $11,714 a year, and 86% of students graduate.

Students on campus

132

132 undergrad

Admission rate

Open

open enrollment

Net price a year

$11,714

costs less than 86% of 4-year colleges

Graduation rate

86%

higher than 83% of 2-year colleges

Earnings, 10 yrs later

$21,632

higher than 5% of U.S. colleges

Getting in

How hard is it to get into Commonwealth Technical Institute?

Openanyone with a diploma can enroll

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Commonwealth Technical Institute is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $20,876 a year

Before any grants

$7,714

$9,028

$4,134

Tuition & fees $7,714Room & board $9,028Other costs $4,134

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships

$9k

$12k

$19k

$18k

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Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

129 degree-seeking undergrads

White 64%Hispanic 1%Black 11%Asian 1%Two or more 3%

Women and men

undergraduates

Women 28%Men 72%

6 : 1students per teacher

55%get Pell grants (lower income)

15%undergrads 25 or older

0%study part time

Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Associate degree programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Culinary Arts and Related Services8 graduates a year

—not reported

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians8 graduates a year

—not reported

Health and Medical Administrative Services3 graduates a year

—not reported

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions1 graduates a year

—not reported

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate

86%

within 3 years · Pell students 86%

Come back for year two

85%

full-time first-year students

Earnings, 10 years later

$21,632

median, students on federal aid

Typical debt

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The town around it

Living in Upper Yoder

5% of Upper Yoder’s 5,081 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Upper Yoder pages.

$869/momedian rent · 28% below the stateHousing in Upper Yoder → $152,800median home value · 40% below the stateHousing in Upper Yoder → 18° / 81°January low / July high · 65" of snowClimate in Upper Yoder →

Other colleges within 30 miles

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College 6.3 mi University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 6.4 mi Mount Aloysius College 21.2 mi Saint Francis University 21.5 mi Saint Vincent College 24.1 mi Saint Vincent Seminary 24.1 miIndiana University of Pennsylvania 24.5 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.

Commonwealth Technical Institute

How hard is it to get into Commonwealth Technical Institute?

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $20,876 a year

What families on aid pay, by income

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

Women and men

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Living in Upper Yoder

Other colleges within 30 miles

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