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Central Penn College Data & Information Overview

110 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
89% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Central Penn College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Central Penn College Ranked?

#922 Best Colleges in Nation
#53 Best Colleges in PA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Central Penn College was awarded 110 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.

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Overall Quality

Central Penn landed the #922 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Central Penn held the #1,593 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 109 colleges in Pennsylvania, Central Penn is ranked at #53.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Central Penn?

89% Acceptance Rate
66% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Because it has a high acceptance rate of 89%, some consider Central Penn to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.

Learn more about Central Penn College admissions.

Central Penn College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
43% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Central Penn, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Central Penn College is 43%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  43 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Central Penn College

51% Freshmen Retention
35% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Central Penn College this rate is 51%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  51 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Central Penn have a four-year graduation rate of 35%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  35 out of 100
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Central Penn College Undergraduate Student Diversity

225 Full-Time Undergraduates
40.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
54.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 941 undergraduates at Central Penn with 225 being full-time and 716 being part-time.

How Much Does Central Penn College Cost?

$19,065 Net Price
84% Take Out Loans
$28,392 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Central Penn is $19,065. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Central Penn

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$17,737 $18,614 $19,205 $22,353 $23,415

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Central Penn, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Central Penn, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $7,098 a year. That adds up to $28,392 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%.

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How Much Money Do Central Penn Graduates Make?

$42,749 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Central Penn with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $42,749 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Central Penn College make the most money.

Location of Central Penn College

Pennsylvania State
225 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Central Penn College is a private for-profit institution located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. Central Penn is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for Central Penn are given below.

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

Central Penn College Majors

14 Majors With Completions
275 Undergraduate Degrees
8 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 14 majors graduated from Central Penn College. Of these students, 275 received undergraduate degrees and 8 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 66 $41,064
Criminal Justice & Corrections 27 $33,291
Computer Science 19 $46,625
Health & Medical Administrative Services 15 NA
Legal Professions (Other) 13 $32,472
Accounting 12 $38,515
Communication & Media Studies 9 NA
Health Sciences & Services 4 NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 NA
Marketing 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Central Penn College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Central Penn

79% Take At Least One Class Online
56% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 704 students took at least one online class at Central Penn College. This is a decrease from the 823 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 704 502
2019-2020 823 555
2018-2019 829 509
2017-2018 837 501
2016-2017 976 573

Learn more about online learning at Central Penn College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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