Central Penn College Overview

Located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, Central Penn College is a private for-profit institution. The suburban atmosphere of Summerdale makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

What Is Central Penn College Known For?

• Students at Central Penn may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Central Penn is the master's degree.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 43% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Central Penn makes roughly $42,749 a year. This is 5% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Central Penn student 4.0 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Central Penn College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Central Penn.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#26	Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Best Value Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#63	Best Health/Medical Admin Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#69	Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#160	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Central Penn has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#37	Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools	College Factual
#64	Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#69	Best Healthcare Associate Degree Schools	Healthcare Degree Search
#80	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#82	Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools	College Factual
#108	Best Health Professions Associate Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is Central Penn College?

Contact details for Central Penn are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Valley Road, Summerdale, PA 17093-0309
Phone:	800-759-2727
Website:	www.centralpenn.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/centralpenn
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/centralpenn

How Do I Get Into Central Penn?

You can apply to Central Penn online at: https://www.centralpenn.edu/admissions-aid/apply-now!

Admission Requirements for Central Penn

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Central Penn?

Central Penn has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Can I Afford Central Penn College?

The overall average net price of Central Penn is $24,510. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Central Penn, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $8,000 a year. That adds up to $32,000 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Central Penn is 10.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Central Penn College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 941 undergraduate students at Central Penn, with 225 being full-time and 716 being part-time.

There are also 22 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 225 full-time undergraduates at Central Penn, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Central Penn College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	126
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Central Penn College. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 10 countries are represented at Central Penn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, China, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Online Learning at Central Penn College

In 2019-2020, 823 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Central Penn has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 24th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Central Penn

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Central Penn College was $18,714 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Central Penn is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Legal Professions (Other)	#1	#1
Computer Science	#28	#16
Legal Professions	#55	#49

Online Affordability Rankings of Central Penn Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Central Penn College was $18,714 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Central Penn is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Allied Health Professions	#22	#19
Computer Science	#48	#48
Communication & Journalism	#72	#60

Online Growth Rankings of Central Penn

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Central Penn College was -0.2%. This is the #846 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Central Penn regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Central Penn majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Communication & Journalism	50%
Communication & Media Studies	50%
Computer & Information Sciences	25%
Computer Science	25%
Health & Medical Administrative Services	47%
Health Professions	13%
Health Sciences & Services	75%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Central Penn ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Central Penn.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Computer Science	#77
Allied Health Professions	#87
Communication & Media Studies	#125
Entrepreneurial Studies	#197
Communication & Journalism	#204
Marketing	#267
Nursing	#332

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Central Penn College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	86	0	0	86
Business Administration & Management	0	0	66	8	74
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	10	27	0	37
Computer Science	0	5	19	0	24
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	15	0	15
Accounting	0	2	12	0	14
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	14	0	0	0	14
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	13	0	13
Communication & Media Studies	0	1	9	0	10
Entrepreneurial Studies	2	4	0	0	6
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	4	0	4
Marketing	0	1	0	0	1
Legal Support Services	0	1	0	0	1
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0	0
Nursing	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	16	110	165	8	299

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.