Community colleges
Community Colleges in Pennsylvania
CampusPin lists 19 public community colleges among Pennsylvania's 204 colleges, about 9.3% of the state's institutions. Community colleges are the most affordable on-ramp to higher education, with a median published in-state tuition of $6,270 in this snapshot.
Pennsylvania community colleges by the numbers
- Community colleges
- 19
- Share of state colleges
- 9.3%
- Median published in-state tuition
- $6,270
- National public 2-year median
- $4,288
- Lowest published tuition
- Northern Pennsylvania Regional College ($4,440)
Counts and shares come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution snapshot; the tuition median is the published in-state figure from the tuition-by-state snapshot. Those cover every community college in the state. Here a community college means a public two-year college; private two-year and career schools are not counted. The list below covers all 19 of them. Published prices are before financial aid, net price is typically lower, and lower tuition is not a measure of quality.
What work without a bachelor's degree pays in Pennsylvania
70% of jobs in Pennsylvania are in occupations the federal government reports as typically entered with an associate degree, a certificate, some college, a high-school diploma, or no formal credential. 27% of that employment pays more than $49,690, the median wage across all occupations there.
- Jobs not typically needing a bachelor's
- 70%
- Of those, paying above the local median
- 27%
- Pennsylvania median wage, all occupations
- $49,690
- Best-paid such occupation in Pennsylvania
- Commercial pilots ($134,030) — typically entered with a postsecondary nondegree award
These figures describe occupations, not graduates. They do not measure what community-college students in Pennsylvania earn, and they are not evidence that any credential caused the pay. Typical entry education is a national assignment describing what people entering an occupation usually hold, not a requirement and not a guarantee that a particular employer accepts it. A median describes everyone working in an occupation, experienced and new alike, so it is not a starting salary, and wages are not adjusted for cost of living.
All community colleges in Pennsylvania
- Bucks County Community College, Newtown · $5,683 published in-state tuition
- Butler County Community College, Butler · $5,910 published in-state tuition
- Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Pleasant Gap
- Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh · $4,842 published in-state tuition
- Community College of Beaver County, Monaca · $7,500 published in-state tuition
- Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia · $4,632 published in-state tuition
- Delaware County Community College, Media · $6,930 published in-state tuition
- Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg · $6,975 published in-state tuition
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center, Willow Street
- Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville · $5,280 published in-state tuition
- Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke · $6,600 published in-state tuition
- Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell · $6,690 published in-state tuition
- Northampton County Area Community College, Bethlehem · $5,550 published in-state tuition
- Northern Pennsylvania Regional College, Warren · $4,440 published in-state tuition
- Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Johnstown · $7,110 published in-state tuition
- Reading Area Community College, Reading · $6,480 published in-state tuition
- Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, Lancaster · $9,050 published in-state tuition
- University of Pittsburgh-Titusville, Titusville · $11,918 published in-state tuition
- Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood · $6,018 published in-state tuition
Why start at a Pennsylvania community college?
Community colleges typically offer open or less-selective admission, the lowest published tuition of any sector, and transfer pathways that let students complete lower-division coursework before moving to a four-year university. They also serve working and returning students with part-time, evening, and online options. Confirm transfer-credit and articulation agreements with each college and your target university. Because two-year colleges anchor the low-cost end of every state's mix, our cost and outcomes by state research puts that affordability in context against each state's overall medians.
Community colleges in nearby states
Data sources & methodology
Community-college counts and shares for Pennsylvania come from CampusPin's committed institution-distribution and tuition-by-state snapshots; the college list is compiled live from each institution's record.
Sources used across this page
Not every source informs every figure. Each data point draws on the source appropriate to it see the relevant section and the data dictionary for field-level provenance.
IPEDS / NCES College Navigator
Federal enrollment, admissions, tuition, retention, and program data. Released annually with a 1–2 year lag.
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Net price by income band, post-graduation earnings, and federal aid context.
Institutional websites
Each school's official admissions, registrar, and financial-aid pages are the authoritative source for current details.
Where a value is unavailable it is shown as unavailable, never as 0, free, or a negative judgment. Always confirm final details with the institution before applying.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. Community Colleges in Pennsylvania. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/community-colleges-in/pennsylvania