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Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is a public institution situated in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

57 Undergraduate Degrees

Where Is Pennsylvania Highlands Community College?

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Contact details for Pennsylvania Highlands are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 101 Community College Way, Johnstown, PA 15904-2949
Phone: 814-262-6400
Website: www.pennhighlands.edu

How Do I Get Into Pennsylvania Highlands?

You can apply to Pennsylvania Highlands online at: www.pennhighlands.edu/admissions/apply

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Pennsylvania Highlands Community College?

60% Take Out Loans
8.7% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Pennsylvania Highlands, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $4,843 a year. That adds up to $19,372 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pennsylvania Highlands is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

662 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,456 undergraduate students at Pennsylvania Highlands, with 662 being full-time and 1,794 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 662 full-time undergraduates at Pennsylvania Highlands, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pennsylvania Highlands Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 580
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 46

Online Learning at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

335 Took All Classes Online
878 Took At Least One Class Online
19.8% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 878 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of Pennsylvania Highlands

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College was 19.8%. This is the #939 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Pennsylvania Highlands regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Pennsylvania Highlands ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Pennsylvania Highlands.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Entrepreneurship #75
Entrepreneurial Studies #93
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping #165
Accounting #355

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s TOTAL
General Business/Commerce 0 37 37
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 3 15 18
Entrepreneurship 0 2 2
Accounting 0 0 0
Operations Management 0 0 0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science 0 0 0
Advertising 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 54 57

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.

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