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Reading Area Community College

10 S Second St, Reading, PA 19603 · Public 2-year · (610) 372-4721 · School website

Average net price
$9,228
per year after grants, College Scorecard
Career completions
25
2023-24, IPEDS
Finish on time
33.6%
within 150% of normal time, Scorecard
Students with Pell
34.7%
share of undergraduates, Scorecard
Takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Middle States Commission on Higher Education Credit for military training (IPEDS) Open admission (IPEDS) On Pennsylvania's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025)

Career programs at Reading Area Community College

Reading Area Community College reported 25 certificate and associate completions in 5 of the program types we track for 2023-24, most of them in billing and coding (10). College Scorecard counts 3,703 undergraduates.

ProgramAwardLengthProgram costCompletionsEarnings, 1 yrFunding and results
Billing and coding Certificate, Associate Not reported Not reported 10 Not published
LPN/LVN Certificate Not reported Not reported 8 $53,953 NCLEX-PN 100.00%
Cybersecurity Certificate Not reported Not reported 7 Not published
IT support Certificate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published WIOA list
Electrician Associate Not reported Not reported 0 Not published

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 Reading Area Community College

What a year costs, 2024-25

Tuition and fees, in districtIPEDS, academic-year schools
$6,480
Tuition and fees, in stateIPEDS
$11,310
Tuition and fees, out of stateIPEDS
$12,510
Books and suppliesIPEDS
$1,800
Average net price after grantsCollege Scorecard, students with federal aid
$9,228
Median federal debt at graduationCollege Scorecard, all programs
$8,750
Median earnings 10 years after entryCollege Scorecard, all students
$39,082

Clock-hour schools charge by program, not by year: see each program's own page for its whole-program cost.

How training gets paid for: Pell Grants, Workforce Pell, WIOA, GI Bill.

More Reading Area Community College programs on the WIOA list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Nurse Aide 120 hr.Nurse Aide Training · Online only · CIP 51.3902$1,390+ $1,030 books12 weeks, 10 hours a weekSuppressedSuppressedSuppressed11
Dental Office Assistant/Chairside AssistantDental Assisting · Online only · CIP 51.0601$6,125+ $1,400 books30 weeks, 21 hours a week92.3%SuppressedSuppressed13

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. IPEDS does not list these program types at this campus. Matched to Reading Area Community College by provider name and place, by DOL's provider ID, or as another site of the school (its exact name or website, the only match in the state; "Listed at" names that site's town).

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