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Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
1500 Fourth Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 · Public less-than-2-year · (814) 941-8324 · School website
Career programs at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center reported 99 certificate and associate completions in 9 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in dental assistant (28). College Scorecard counts 220 undergraduates.
| Program | Award | Length | Program cost | Completions | Earnings, 1 yr | Funding and results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental assistant | Certificate | 216 clock hours, 7 months | $5,150 | 28 | Not published | WIOA list |
| LPN/LVN | Certificate | 1,500 clock hours, 12 months | $19,100 | 26 | $47,891 | WIOA listNCLEX-PN 100.00% |
| HVAC | Certificate | 900 clock hours, 9 months | $11,578 | 16 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Welding | Certificate | 800 clock hours, 9 months | $10,715 | 15 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Phlebotomy | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 9 | Not published | |
| Medical assistant | Certificate | 1,380 clock hours, 11 months | $14,691 | 5 | Not published | |
| IT support | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Carpentry | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | Not published | WIOA list |
| Automotive | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | Not published | WIOA list |
Program cost is the whole-program tuition and fees a clock-hour school reports to IPEDS for its largest programs (2024-25). Earnings are College Scorecard medians for graduates of this school in that field, one year after completing; small cohorts are not published. WIOA list means the program appears on the state's eligible training provider list in the U.S. Department of Labor file (programs listed as of June 30, 2025).
Cost and aid at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
What a year costs, 2024-25
- Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
- $12,419
- Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
- $9,500
- Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
- $38,008
Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.
- Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center net price calculator (link from IPEDS)
- Financial aid office page (link from IPEDS)
- Veterans and military page (link from IPEDS)
How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.