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Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA · Public · 9,533 students · mostly associate degrees
48th-cheapest of 264 Pennsylvania colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$14,471
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$18,369
Graduation rate
21%
Admission rate
—
Median graduate earnings
$42,007
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$17,500
Pell grant recipients
33%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
110 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Associate's Degree462 grads/yr$83,337Engineering, General · Associate's Degree8 grads/yr$76,696Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Associate's Degree41 grads/yr$71,104Dental Assisting/Assistant · Associate's Degree17 grads/yr$66,048Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree11 grads/yr$63,249Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician · Associate's Degree20 grads/yr$60,172Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma96 grads/yr$56,319Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other · Associate's Degree14 grads/yr$56,279Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Associate's Degree48 grads/yr$54,807Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$53,524Business Administration and Management, General · Associate's Degree175 grads/yr$52,229Environmental Health · Associate's Degree17 grads/yr$50,630Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Associate's Degree53 grads/yr$49,845Electrician · Associate's Degree13 grads/yr$47,447Accounting · Associate's Degree1 grads/yr$47,037Survey Research/Methodology · Associate's Degree37 grads/yr$46,654Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Associate's Degree30 grads/yr$45,936Business/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree68 grads/yr$45,247Psychology, General · Associate's Degree48 grads/yr$44,652Selling Skills and Sales Operations · Associate's Degree$44,469Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation · Associate's Degree20 grads/yr$44,256Legal Assistant/Paralegal · Associate's Degree10 grads/yr$43,996General Studies · Associate's Degree179 grads/yr$43,159Human Services, General · Associate's Degree13 grads/yr$42,048Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Associate's Degree76 grads/yr$39,960
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.