by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology was awarded 6 badges in the 2023 rankings.
CPI was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
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At CPI, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 95% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 113 undergraduates at CPI with 92 being full-time and 21 being part-time.
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 CPI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 CPI, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,865 a year. That adds up to $31,460 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CPI is 10.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for CPI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 540 N Harrison Rd, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823 |
| Phone: | 814-359-2793 |
| Website: | www.cpi.edu/ |
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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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