Altoona, PA · Public · College Scorecard data · Updated September 10, 2026
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is a public institution in Altoona, PA, where the highest award offered is a certificate. It enrolls about 220 undergraduate students, with a student-faculty ratio of 10:1. The school is listed in the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, which is the source for every figure on this page.
Official website: www.gactc.edu
The published tuition for the largest program at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is $19,100 per year. This is the figure the Department of Education collects for schools whose students are concentrated in a single program, rather than a school-wide in-state rate.
For context, the average in-state tuition at the 182 Pennsylvania colleges that do report one is $26,753.
| College | Type | Undergraduates | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | Public | 2,367 | $15,972 |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Altoona | Private for-profit | 83 | $16,650 |
| Altoona Beauty School Inc | Private for-profit | 70 | $16,762 |
| YTI Career Institute-Altoona | Private for-profit | 32 | $34,964 |
| South Hills School of Business and Technology-Altoona | Private for-profit | — | $19,905 |
Tuition is in-state tuition for schools that report one, otherwise the published tuition for the largest program. Source: College Scorecard.
| Median earnings 10 years after enrolling | $38,008 |
| Graduation rate (within 150% of normal time) | 68% |
| Median debt among graduates who borrowed | $9,500 |
| Undergraduates receiving Pell grants | 52% |
| Undergraduates aged 25 and over | 53% |
| First-generation students | 57% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Earnings and debt figures cover students who received federal financial aid.
The published tuition for Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center's largest program is $19,100 per year, according to College Scorecard. Program-level tuition is reported instead of a school-wide rate when a school's enrollment is concentrated in one program.
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center enrolls about 220 undergraduate students. The student-faculty ratio is 10:1.
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is a public institution in Altoona, PA. Its highest award is a certificate, according to College Scorecard.
College Scorecard reports in-state tuition for first-time, full-time undergraduates. Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center does not report such a cohort to the federal survey, so no school-wide rate is published — typically because the school serves transfer, returning or part-time students, or reports tuition by program instead.
Median earnings ten years after enrolling at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center are $38,008 a year, according to College Scorecard.
The median debt among Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center graduates who borrowed is $9,500, according to College Scorecard.