Central Penn College Business Programs

Central Penn College is a private for-profit institution located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. Central Penn is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Central Penn College?

Contact details for Central Penn are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Valley Road, Summerdale, PA 17093-0309
Phone:	800-759-2727
Website:	www.centralpenn.edu

How Do I Get Into Central Penn?

You can apply to Central Penn online at: https://www.centralpenn.edu/admissions-aid/apply-now/

Admission Requirements for Central Penn

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Central Penn?

Central Penn has a fairly low acceptance rate of 34%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 36%, and the acceptance rate for women is 33%.

Can I Afford Central Penn College?

The overall average net price of Central Penn is $24,510. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Central Penn, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $7,098 a year. That adds up to $28,392 over four years for those students.

Central Penn College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 872 undergraduate students at Central Penn, with 205 being full-time and 667 being part-time.

There are also 19 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 205 full-time undergraduates at Central Penn, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Central Penn College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	122
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Central Penn College. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 10 countries are represented at Central Penn. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, China, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Online Learning at Central Penn College

In 2022-2023, 709 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Central Penn has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 13th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Central Penn College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	0	74	0	74
Organizational Leadership	21	0	0	13	34
Accounting	0	3	7	0	10
Entrepreneurship	1	5	0	0	6
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2	3	0	0	5
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	3	0	0	0	3
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	28	11	81	13	133

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.