+38%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing rose 38% between 2002 and 2003 ($7.0k → $9.6k).
Pennsylvania · Public · Predominantly certificates
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. 102 undergraduate students. 1 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+38%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing rose 38% between 2002 and 2003 ($7.0k → $9.6k).
+36%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing rose 36% between 2017 and 2020 ($13.0k → $17.7k).
-34%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing fell 34% between 2021 and 2024 (64.7% → 42.9%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania
Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$48,705+22% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859$39,936
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry37.0%-16% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%$14,247+167% · '97→'20
At program completion102+106% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS47.4%-53% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time55.8%+42% · '02→'24
latest cohort—+38% · '02→'03
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.9%Median federal debt $14,247 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $48,705 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-53%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · retention fell
92.0% → 42.9%
+48%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · undergrad enrollment rose
90 → 185
+38%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · in-state tuition rose
$6,958 → $9,584
+38%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,958 → $9,584
+167%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · median debt rose
$6,625 → $17,678
-100%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · cohort default rate fell
9.3% → 0.0%
+48%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · earnings_median_10yr rose
$32,900 → $48,705
+30%
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing · earnings_median_8yr rose
$36,300 → $47,094
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Pick a 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. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. 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
$199,652
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,958
- HS-only baseline · PA
- $38,100
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Pennsylvania
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing graduates earn $X” — not “Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.