About
Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center is a vocational school that serves the area around Blair County, Pennsylvania.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.4-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
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 11 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 11 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data11 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
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.
Council on Occupational Education
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
Action history · 4
- Nov 2022Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
- Apr 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
- Oct 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
- Dec 2019Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Secondary Schools
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, 178 students received $1.0M in Pell grants, alongside $1.0M 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 115 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (2.6%) defaulted within three years — above 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 GACTC
Top program areas ranked 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
- Public property1
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.
GACTC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions GACTC 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.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGreater Altoona Career & Technology Center | 68% | — | 220 | $12,419 | — |
| — | — | 187 | $23,506 | — | |
| — | — | 646 | $5,273 | — | |
| — | — | 122 | $17,231 | — | |
| — | — | 297 | $1,463 | — | |
| — | — | 159 | $17,598 | — | |
| — | — | 237 | $9,106 | — | |
| — | — | 238 | $16,891 | — | |
| — | — | 454 | $9,468 | — | |
| — | 78.9% | 310 | $24,557 | — | |
| — | — | 398 | $22,773 | — | |
| — | — | 157 | $2,307 | — | |
| — | — | 314 | $7,128 | — | |
| — | — | 105 | $14,111 | — | |
| — | — | 615 | $9,065 | — | |
| — | — | 497 | $10,828 | — | |
| — | — | 166 | $10,525 | — | |
| — | — | 250 | $10,143 | — | |
| — | — | 196 | $3,049 | — | |
| — | — | 679 | $12,939 | — | |
| — | — | 729 | $11,148 | — | |
| — | — | 278 | $10,060 | — | |
| — | — | 455 | $12,746 | — | |
| — | — | 742 | $15,269 | — | |
| — | — | 741 | $4,051 | — | |
| — | — | 151 | $25,605 | — | |
| — | — | 286 | $15,507 | — | |
| Peer group median | 68% | 78.9% | 286 | $11,148 |
Institutions like GACTC
Explore the federal data for institutions in GACTC's comparison group.
- New York
Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment187Net price$23,506View data - Ohio
Apollo Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment646Net price$5,273View data - Ohio
Buckeye Hills Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment122Net price$17,231View data - Florida
Cape Coral Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment297Net price$1,463View data - Missouri
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment159Net price$17,598View data - Ohio
Career and Technology Education Centers of Licking County
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment237Net price$9,106View data - California
Clovis Adult Education
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment238Net price$16,891View data - Ohio
Collins Career Technical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment454Net price$9,468View data - New York
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Grad rate—Admit rate78.9%Enrollment310Net price$24,557View data - Ohio
EHOVE Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment398Net price$22,773View data - Florida
Florida Panhandle Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment157Net price$2,307View data - Oklahoma
Great Plains Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment314Net price$7,128View data - Pennsylvania
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment105Net price$14,111View data - Florida
Immokalee Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment615Net price$9,065View data - New Jersey
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment497Net price$10,828View data - Florida
Orange Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment166Net price$10,525View data - Florida
Riveroak Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment250Net price$10,143View data - Florida
South Dade Technical College-South Dade Skills Center Campus
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment196Net price$3,049View data - Oklahoma
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment679Net price$12,939View data - Tennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment729Net price$11,148View data - Tennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment278Net price$10,060View data - Tennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment455Net price$12,746View data - Tennessee
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment742Net price$15,269View data - Florida
Traviss Technical College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment741Net price$4,051View data - Ohio
Tri-Rivers Career Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment151Net price$25,605View data - New York
Western Suffolk BOCES
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment286Net price$15,507View data
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityTechForce ScholarshipsTechForce Foundationinstitution_site$6,000,000
- opportunityHarbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching ExcellenceHarbor Freight Tools for Schoolsinstitution_site$1,500,000
- opportunityAutomotive ScholarshipsUniversity of the Aftermarket Foundationinstitution_site$480,000
- opportunitySEMA Scholarship ProgramSEMA Memorial Scholarship Fundinstitution_site$5,000
- opportunityGarage Gurus Technician ScholarshipGarage Gurusinstitution_site
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