Great Lakes Institute of Technology
About
Great Lakes Institute of Technology is a private career training institution located in Erie, Pennsylvania, originally established in 1965. It offers a variety of programs in allied health, dental, surgical, ultrasound, veterinary, cosmetology, and massage fields, catering to residents of Northwest Pennsylvania.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 23.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 8 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 6 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 12.5%
- No Data6 · 75.0%
- Failing1 · 12.5%
Severity spectrum
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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Action history · 2
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationAccrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 350 students received $1.7M in Pell grants, alongside $2.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 307 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (2.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at GLIT
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
GLIT vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions GLIT selected for federal comparison reporting.
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.
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SubjectGreat Lakes Institute of Technology | 64% | 75.9% | 335 | $18,299 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
ATA College | — | — | 363 | $26,914 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology | — | — | 381 | $17,057 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Career Care Institute | — | — | 620 | $45,587 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Boise | — | 95.7% | 478 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Pleasant Hill Campus | — | 81.3% | 416 | $30,749 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Reno | — | 95.5% | 551 | $47,705 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Carrington College-Tucson | — | 87.4% | 517 | $39,975 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-Portland | — | 96.9% | 172 | $22,887 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career College-San Antonio | — | 95.2% | 195 | $26,411 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville | — | 94.0% | 225 | $27,104 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Eastwick College-Nutley | — | 37.8% | 618 | $17,537 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College | — | — | 455 | $27,972 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Cutler Bay | — | — | 365 | $26,089 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Orange Park | — | — | 399 | $23,665 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis College-Salt Lake City | — | — | 383 | $25,803 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute | — | — | 422 | $15,326 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Fortis Institute-Cookeville | — | — | 334 | $24,118 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Galen College of Nursing-ARH | — | — | 350 | $22,209 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Institute for Business and Technology | — | — | 765 | $25,471 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Institute of Medical Careers | — | — | 845 | $20,376 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Mandl School-The College of Allied Health | — | — | 497 | $30,873 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting | — | — | 805 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Nevada Career Institute | — | 100.0% | 461 | $37,850 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pima Medical Institute-Seattle | — | — | 471 | $28,460 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southeastern College-Charleston | — | 98.1% | 226 | $36,778 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts | — | — | 534 | $58,490 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences | — | — | 1,233 | $31,180 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The College of Health Care Professions-South San Antonio | — | — | 419 | $26,663 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | 64% | 95.2% | 422 | $26,663 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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