Pennsylvania College of Technology Overview

Pennsylvania College of Technology is a public institution located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Williamsport is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Pennsylvania College of Technology Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Penn College is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Penn College.
• In <nil>, 52% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Penn College makes roughly $49,047 a year. This is 20% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Pennsylvania College of Technology?

Contact details for Penn College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One College Ave, Williamsport, PA 17701-5799
Phone:	570-326-3761
Website:	www.pct.edu

How Do I Get Into Penn College?

You can apply to Penn College online at: https://www.pct.edu/admissions

As long as you submit the requested materials to Pennsylvania College of Technology when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Pennsylvania College of Technology?

The overall average net price of Penn College is $34,242. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Penn College, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $11,288 a year. That adds up to $45,152 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Penn College is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Pennsylvania College of Technology Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,235 undergraduate students at Penn College, with 3,480 being full-time and 755 being part-time.

There are also 5 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,480 full-time undergraduates at Penn College, 70% are male and 30% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pennsylvania College of Technology students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	51
Black or African American	122
Hispanic or Latino	162
White	3,012
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	131

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Pennsylvania College of Technology. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Penn College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Austria.

Online Learning at Pennsylvania College of Technology

There are 18 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at Penn College. In 2020-2021, 1,990 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 57th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Penn College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pennsylvania College of Technology was 7.9%. This is the #1,466 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Penn College regardless of major.

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%.

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
• Image Credit: By George Chriss under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.