CIP 5209 · Associate's Degree · Pittsburgh Technical College

Hospitality Administration/Management at Pittsburgh Technical College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Pittsburgh Technical College. 14 completers in the most recent 4-year window (20 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $31,978.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$31,978
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $38,734
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$22,859
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$14,708
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
14
20 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Pittsburgh Technical College

6.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $14,708 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $31,978.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

5.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Pennsylvania CIP 5209 peer-median earnings $38,734.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$14,708
$21,693$14,70820142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201914
401420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018-32%

Hospitality Administration/Management at Pittsburgh Technical College · debt_median fell

21,693 → 14,708

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$122,050
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$25,871
HS-only baseline · PA
$38,100
Years to complete
2
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5209

Hospitality Administration/Management across Pennsylvania institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Pennsylvania Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Walnut Hill CollegePEER$38,7344 grads
Pittsburgh Technical CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$31,97814 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →