Harrisburg Area Community College Business Programs

Harrisburg Area Community College is a public institution located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Harrisburg Area Community College?

Contact details for HACC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Hacc Dr., Harrisburg, PA 17110-2999
Phone:	717-780-2300
Website:	www.hacc.edu

How Do I Get Into HACC?

You can apply to HACC online at: https://start.hacc.edu/RecruitNewWFE/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Harrisburg Area Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Harrisburg Area Community College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At HACC, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,162 a year. That adds up to $20,648 over four years for those students.

Harrisburg Area Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,023 undergraduate students at HACC, with 3,683 being full-time and 10,340 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,683 full-time undergraduates at HACC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Harrisburg Area Community College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	200
Black or African American	317
Hispanic or Latino	499
White	2,286
International Students	110
Other Races/Ethnicities	271

Over 66 countries are represented at HACC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Harrisburg Area Community College

In 2022-2023, 6,975 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of HACC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Business/Commerce	15%

Harrisburg Area Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	139	0	139
General Business/Commerce	0	118	0	118
Auctioneering	25	0	0	25
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	3	8	11
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	4	1	5
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	4	0	4
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	4	0	4
Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Management	0	3	0	3
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	25	276	9	310

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.