Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · Public · 2-year · Small city
Overview
Harrisburg Area Community College is a public two-year institution based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its campus is in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 12,585 students.
Harrisburg Area Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 75 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, General Studies, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 1,844 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 26 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
The school has an open admission policy. 54% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1.
Mission
Our Purpose: Learning for all; learning for life.
Key figures
Open
Admission policy
12,585
Students enrolled
54%
First-year retention
1,844
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
75
Programs and majors
13:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociate
Programs and majors offered 75
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
54%
First-year retention, part-time students
44%
Student-to-faculty ratio
13:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Associate degrees
1,530
Certificates under 1 year
69
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
245
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
12,585
Undergraduates, fall 2024
12,585
Full-time, fall 2024
25%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
20,049
Full-time, 2024-25
19%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
64%
Men
36%
White
61%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
26
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
51%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
John J. Sygielski
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact