Career Programs at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing

Largest Vocational Programs

The largest vocational programs at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training. Its 2023 tuition and fees are $22,750 and the national average is $18,035.

Its tuition is higher than national average of Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training program. The length of the program is 1601 contact hours ( or credit hours) and the average time to complete is 13 months.

The following table shows the 1 largest vocational programs at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing with tuition, fees, and completion time for each program.

1 Largest Career Programs at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
	Program	2023 Tuition & Fees	National Average	Books & Supplies Costs	Program Length	Average Completion Time
1	Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	$22,750	$18,035	$2,000	1601 Contact Hours	13 Months

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is $24,600 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all career programs and costs for some program may quietly differ from the average cost.

Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing offers the alternative tuition plans .

96% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $10,236 (exclude student loans).

Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$24,600
Books & Supplies	$2,000
Off-Campus Room & Board	$13,000
Off-Campus Expenses	$8,671
Average Financial Amount	$10,236

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing offers 1 vocational programs for 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, 66 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
2 Years Certificate	1	0	66
Total	1	0	66

Programs by Award Level

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

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	66 completers	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	66	-
	Total	66

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

The acceptance rate at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing is 64.13% and the admission yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 55.93%.Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing accepts advanced placement(AP) credits.

Total 65 students are attending at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing. There are 4 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 11 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 9 to 1 (11.11%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 10 (full-time) and 12 (part-time).

Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	65
Number of Faculty	15
Student to Faculty Ratio	9 to 1

Student Population at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 105 students enrolled into Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing. By gender, 10 male and 95 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing.

Student Population By Gender
Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
	Total	Male	Female
Total	105	10	95
Full-time	105	10	95

There are 59 White (56.19%), 25 Black/African American (23.81%), 15 Hispanic (14.29%), 1 Asian (0.95%), and 20 students with other races attending Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
	Total	Male	Female
Total	105	10	95
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	1	0	1
Black/African American	25	3	22
Hispanic	15	3	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	59	3	56
Two More	4	1	3
Un-Known	1	0	1
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

By age range, at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing, 26 students are aged 20 to 24 (24.76% of total students), 8 students are aged below 20 (7.62%), 6 students are aged above 50 (11.43%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing
	Total	Male	Female
Total	105	10	95
Age 18-19	8	1	7
Age 20-21	8	2	6
Age 22-24	18	1	17
Age 25-29	23	3	20
Age 30-34	19	0	19
Age 35-39	11	0	11
Age 40-49	12	2	10
Age 50-64	6	1	5

Directory Information

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Practical Nursing.

350 Jumper Rd, Wilkes Barre, PA

570-822-6539

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