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Eastern Center for Arts and Technology

Willow Grove, Pennsylvania·Public, less-than 2-year·Mid East·eastech.org
6-yr Graduation
100%
Total enrollment
180
peer median 102
Avg net price
$25,158
+$8.6k vs peer
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About

The Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is a vocational and technical school located in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. It offers a variety of programs focused on arts and technology, including fields such as automotive technology, culinary arts, and practical nursing. The specific founding year is not mentioned in the provided text.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
99
99 candidates competed
Admitted
80
80.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
80
100.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
100%
Full-time retention
75%

Pell equity

0.0pp gap
Pell recipients
100%3 of 3
Non-Pell (all)
100%1 of 1
No Federal Aid
100%1 of 1

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
1
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

1programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data1 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
1

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

1
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
15%
$9,850 debt · $66,810 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools

Accredited since 1988Next review Dec 2027

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 2

  1. Oct 2024Initial Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (PNUR) - Practical nursing programs
  2. Dec 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$25,075
$30–48k$25,378
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$25,158
+$8,553vs peer median $16,605
Federal loans
28.8%

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 112 students received $512K in Pell grants, alongside $965K in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
112
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$512K
$511,558 total
Direct Loans
$965K
241 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$393K
126 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$563K
114 loan awards
Parent PLUS$9K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 76 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.0%
-2.3pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
76
Defaulted
0
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.6%
2017
15.1%
2018
0.0%
2019
0.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Eastech

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs1
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
180
12-mo unduplicated
212
Undergraduate
212
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
8%16
Women
92%196

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
68.9%
White
15.6%
Hispanic
6.1%
Asian
4.4%
Two or more
4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 181 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    25.0:1

    Eastech vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Eastech selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectEastern Center for Arts and Technology
    100%180$25,158
    100.0%67$14,915
    40.7%172$23,405
    292$12,051
    42.3%99$16,640
    62.5%88$21,634
    56.5%36$25,204
    91$16,605
    58.3%82$14,441
    144$12,133
    129$2,065
    100.0%48$22,365
    235$19,093
    93$23,658
    Lebanon County Area Vocational Technical School
    $21,959
    58$20,761
    81$14,218
    82.0%120$2,225
    46$10,717
    172$7,760
    168$21,759
    105$19,842
    88$16,228
    166$20,757
    70.6%260$7,060
    107$8,500
    71.4%70$8,373
    104$4,175
    79.2%85$19,937
    Peer group median100%70.6%102$16,605

    Institutions like Eastech

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Eastech's comparison group.

    Reports & documents (2)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Frequently asked questions about Eastern Center for Arts and Technology

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Eastech.

    What is the graduation rate at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology?

    Eastern Center for Arts and Technology reports a 6-year graduation rate of 100% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Eastern Center for Arts and Technology?

    Eastern Center for Arts and Technology reports a total enrollment of 180 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology?

    The average net price at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is $25,158 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Eastern Center for Arts and Technology?

    Eastern Center for Arts and Technology's yield rate is 100.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Eastern Center for Arts and Technology located?

    Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is located in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 19090.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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