- Admission
- Open
- Students
- 229
- Retention
- 93%
- Programs
- 10
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Altoona, Pennsylvania Public Less than 2-year Small city
Overview
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center is a public career and technical school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 220 students in fall 2024.
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center offers certificates across 23 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training, Dental Assisting/Assistant, and Electrical and Power Transmission Installers, Other. It awarded 143 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
The school has an open admission policy. 73% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.
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Program levels
Programs and majors offered 23
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Health Professions 4
- Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training Certificate 36 graduates
- Dental Assisting/Assistant Certificate 21 graduates
- Medical/Clinical Assistant Certificate 16 graduates
- Phlebotomy Technician Certificate 16 graduates
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 5
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician Certificate 16 graduates
- Medium/Heavy Vehicle and Truck Technology/Technician Certificate 2 graduates
- Autobody/Collision and Repair Technology/Technician Certificate 1 graduate
- Automobile Certificate 1 graduate
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Other Certificate
Construction Trades 3
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers, Other Certificate 17 graduates
- Carpentry Certificate 1 graduate
- Mason Certificate
Precision Production 3
- Welding Technology Certificate 15 graduates
- Cabinetmaking and Millwork Certificate 1 graduate
- Machine Tool Technology Certificate
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Communications Technologies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
- Computer Programming/Programmer Certificate
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Certificate
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
- Institutional Food Workers Certificate
Engineering Technologies 2
Visual and Performing Arts 1
- Commercial and Advertising Art Certificate
Admissions
- Admission policy
- Open admission
Outcomes
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
- First-year retention, full-time students
- 73%
- First-year retention, part-time students
- 82%
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
- Certificates under 1 year
- 46
- Certificates of 1 to 2 years
- 97
Enrollment
- Students, fall 2024
- 220
- Undergraduates, fall 2024
- 220
- Full-time, fall 2024
- 95%
- Students over the full 2024-25 year
- 282
- Full-time, 2024-25
- 84%
- Size category
- Under 1,000 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
- Women
- 76%
- Men
- 24%
- White
- 87%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 2%
- Black or African American
- 7%
- Asian
- 1%
- Two or more races
- 2%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
- Students studying fully online
- 0%
- Students taking some online courses
- 0%
- Weekend or evening classes
- Yes
Campus and services
- Setting
- Small city
- Academic calendar
- Differs by program
- Executive Director
- Mrs. Nicole Zernick
- Services and opportunities
- Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
- For veterans and service members
- Yellow Ribbon Program
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