Career Programs at HACC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Harrisburg Area Community College is $11,400 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Harrisburg Area Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

41% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,653 (exclude student loans).

HACC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$11,400
Average Financial Amount	$5,653

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Harrisburg Area Community College offers 48 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 2,164 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Harrisburg Area Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	12	6	29
2 Years Certificate	36	7	259
Total	48	13	2,164

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

29 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
259 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
1,876 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Recording Arts Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Data Entry/Microcomputer Applications	✕	0	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (2 completers)	11 completers	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✔	11	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Adult Development and Aging	✔	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	1	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Electrician	✕	1	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	3	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	3	-
Business [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	0	-
Auctioneering	✔	0	-
	Total	29

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	10 completers	$35,200
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	5	$35,200
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✔	5	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	0	$37,100
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	✕	8	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	8	-
Engineering [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Structural Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (2 completers)	9 completers	-
Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	9	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✔	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	5 completers	-
Adult Development and Aging	✔	5	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	15	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	$26,000
General Studies	✔	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	$30,700
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✔	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	$25,400
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	0	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Carpentry/Carpenter	✕	0	-
Electrician	✕	11	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	13	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	31	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Graphic Design	✕	3	-
Photography	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	119 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	18	$51,700
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	34	-
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)	✕	0	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	0	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	0	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	67	-
Business [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	12	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
Hospitality Administration/Management (other)	✕	1	-
	Total	259

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	7	-
Architecture [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Architecture	✕	0	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	33 completers	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs (other)	✔	33	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	115 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	9	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✔	29	-
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	✕	25	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	12	-
Computer Support Specialist	✕	40	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	74 completers	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	2	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	72	-
Engineering [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Engineering	✕	15	-
Structural Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (2 completers)	48 completers	-
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	✔	10	-
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD	✕	8	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✔	10	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	14 completers	-
Adult Development and Aging	✔	14	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✕	31	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	9 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	9	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	268 completers	-
General Studies	✔	268	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	14	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	5	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Philosophy	✔	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	2	-
Chemistry	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Psychology	✕	33	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	80 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	60	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	17	-
Fire Science/Fire-fighting	✕	3	-
Human Services [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Social Work	✕	4	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	69 completers	-
Social Sciences	✔	59	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	2	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	2	-
Political Science and Government	✕	6	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Electrician	✕	17	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	39 completers	-
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology	✕	17	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	22	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✔ (1 completers)	61 completers	-
Visual and Performing Arts	✔	16	-
Design and Visual Communications	✕	10	-
Graphic Design	✕	13	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	9	-
Photography	✕	5	-
Music Management	✕	8	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	583 completers	-
Health and Wellness	✔	6	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	22	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✔	43	-
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	✕	18	-
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	✕	16	-
Surgical Technology/Technologist	✕	12	-
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician	✕	0	-
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	✕	18	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	14	-
Health Services Administration	✕	18	-
Medical Informatics	✕	12	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	✕	0	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	395	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	9	-
Business [+]	✔	313 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	100	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	182	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✕	2	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	7	-
Hospitality Administration/Management	✕	10	-
Hospitality Administration/Management (other)	✕	4	-
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	✔	8	-
	Total	1,876

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 12,576 students are attending at Harrisburg Area Community College. There are 265 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 1,526 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 (7.69%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 760 (full-time) and 1,569 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Harrisburg Area Community College is 16% and transfer-out rate is 18%. The retention rate is 53% at the school.

HACC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	12,576
Graduation Rate	16%
Number of Faculty	1,791
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

Student Population at HACC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 14,023 students enrolled into Harrisburg Area Community College. By gender, 4,600 male and 9,423 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Harrisburg Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	14,023	4,600	9,423
Full-time	3,683	1,393	2,290
Part-tme	10,340	3,207	7,133

There are 9,058 White (64.59%), 1,373 Black/African American (9.79%), 1,730 Hispanic (12.34%), 631 Asian (4.50%), and 2,947 students with other races attending Harrisburg Area Community College. 227 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Harrisburg Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	14,023	4,600	9,423
American Indian/Native American	38	15	23
Asian	631	239	392
Black/African American	1,373	429	944
Hispanic	1,730	510	1,220
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	7	7
White	9,058	2,972	6,086
Two More	533	173	360
Un-Known	419	158	261
Non-resident Alien	227	97	130

Harrisburg Area Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

3,667 students (26.15% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 3,638 students (25.94% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Harrisburg Area Community College
	Number of Students
Total	14,023
Enrolled Online Exclusively	3,667
Enrolled Some Online Courses	3,638
Not in Online Courses	6,718

By age range, at Harrisburg Area Community College, 4,043 students are aged 20 to 24 (28.83% of total students), 5,064 students are aged below 20 (36.11%), 349 students are aged above 50 (4.61%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Harrisburg Area Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	14,023	4,600	9,423
Under 18	2,280	786	1,494
Age 18-19	2,784	1,010	1,774
Age 20-21	2,209	825	1,384
Age 22-24	1,834	634	1,200
Age 25-29	1,806	524	1,282
Age 30-34	1,199	320	879
Age 35-39	745	192	553
Age 40-49	817	212	605
Age 50-64	323	85	238
Over 64	26	12	14

Directory and Accreditation Information

Harrisburg Area Community College is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (7/1/1967 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Harrisburg Area Community College.

1 HACC Dr., Harrisburg, PA

717-780-2300

School Website

Admission Page

Financial Aid Information

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