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Lancaster County Career and Technology Center

Willow Street, Pennsylvania · Public technical college

LPN / LVN programsDental hygiene programsWelding schoolsAuto mechanic schoolsMedical assistant programsDental assistant schools
91%completion rate · Pennsylvania avg 66%
$15,250median debt of graduates
$44,987median earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$44,566median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
$22,146annual cost of attendance
Yesfederal aid (FAFSA / Pell) eligible
Accreditation: Council on Occupational Education (Accredited)
Address: 1730 Hans Herr Dr, Willow Street, PA 17584 · Phone: (717) 464-7050 · School website ↗ · Verify on College Scorecard ↗
Accountability record (federal accreditation database, last 36 months; Department of Education oversight)
Sanction on record, since lifted — Jun 2025 · Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality · Council on Occupational Education; Jun 2026 · Renewal of Accreditation.
Sanctions are probation, warning, show-cause and loss-of-accreditation actions by any recognized accreditor, including program-specific accreditors (a nursing-program probation counts for the campus). Routine monitoring reviews and voluntary withdrawals are not counted. Ask the school what the action concerned and how it was resolved.
Completion rate vs. benchmarks
Lancaster County Care… Lancaster County Care…: 90.9% 90.9% Pennsylvania average Pennsylvania average: 66.2% 66.2% National average National average: 62.1% 62.1%

What these trades pay once you're working

OccupationStarting (10th pct)MedianExperienced (75th)
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses$51,500$63,940$72,810
Dental hygienists$63,130$80,610$99,950
Welders, cutters, solderers and brazers$40,510$52,900$61,920
Automotive service technicians and mechanics$35,600$49,800$62,780
Medical assistants$36,810$43,920$46,490
Dental assistants$38,040$47,930$56,840

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages for everyone employed in the occupation in Pennsylvania (May 2025; national where the state figure is not published). The program table below shows what this campus's own graduates earned in their first year, whatever job they took.

Trade programs at this campus

ProgramCredentialGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Earnings, yr 2Median debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Certificate, 1–2 years 128 $43,983 $40,391 $15,590
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Associate degree 14 not reported not reported not reported
Precision Metal Working Certificate, 1–2 years 11 $32,416 $36,221 $9,500
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians Associate degree 5 not reported not reported not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Certificate, 1–2 years 4 not reported $27,048 not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions Certificate, 1–2 years 1 $25,372 $26,353 not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Graduates per year from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey. Earnings and debt are College Scorecard field-of-study medians for graduates of this program at this campus (reported at the 4-digit program level, so closely related programs share a figure); "not reported" means too few graduates were counted to publish a figure.

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Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026. Figures are the U.S. Department of Education's official measures, not Career Training Path's opinion. Tuition, schedules and program availability change — confirm with the school before enrolling.

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