Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania · Website
$48,705
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$48,705
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is a public under 2-year college in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania with 85 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $19,937 a year. It admits 79% of applicants and 52% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Former students earn a median $48,705 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $17,678 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$19,937
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
79%
US median 78%
Completion rate
52%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
$17,678
About $187 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$48,705
Rank 1,586 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $19,937
- Cost of attendance
- $25,478
- Students with a need-based grant
- 59%
- Students with federal loans
- 67%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $21,147
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $14,492
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 79%
- Undergraduates
- 85
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 87%
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Completion rate
- 52%
- Retention rate
- 43%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 1
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,586 of 5,094 US colleges and 141 of 270 in Pennsylvania (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $19,937 | $19,970 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $19,182 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 79% | 81% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 52% | 66% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 43% | 78% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | $17,678 | $17,500 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $39,936 | $42,275 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $48,705 | $49,700 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 42% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 71% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
1 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 39 | $17,678 | $44,551 | $54,907 | $56,073 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Wilkes Barre and Pennsylvania on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing cost?
$19,937 a year is the average net price at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $25,478. Families earning under $30,000 pay $21,147 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing?
79% of applicants are admitted to Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing. The median admission rate of colleges in Pennsylvania is 81%.
How much do Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing graduates earn?
$48,705 a year is the median pay of former Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing students who work, 10 years after they started ($39,936 after 6 years). That ranks 1,586 of 5,094 US colleges and 141 of 270 in Pennsylvania. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Certificate) at $44,551.
How much student debt do Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing graduates have?
$17,678 is the median federal student loan debt of Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing graduates, about $187 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 67% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing?
52% of first-time, full-time students at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing finish within 150% of the normal time. 43% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (39 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 1 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.