Great Lakes Institute of Technology Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Private for-profit school
- Erie, PA
- 335 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Great Lakes Institute of Technology certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($41,229), and Cosmetology the least ($16,280). The median program pays $21,881. Great Lakes Institute of Technology also has one associate's program that reports pay.
One associate's program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field.
All 6 certificate programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Pennsylvania ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Pennsylvania programs in the field do too.
Quick picks: certificate programs
Highest first-year pay
- Practical Nursing$41,229
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$27,108
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$24,398
- Massage Therapy$19,364
- Veterinary Technology$18,155
Lowest median debt
- Massage Therapy$9,500
- Veterinary Technology$10,208
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$10,690
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$11,629
- Cosmetology$12,253
Largest programs
- CosmetologyAbout 53 graduates a year
- Practical NursingAbout 25 graduates a year
- Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year
- Veterinary TechnologyAbout 16 graduates a year
- Massage TherapyAbout 15 graduates a year
Common questions
Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $41,229 in their first year, the most of 6 Great Lakes Institute of Technology certificate programs that report pay.
Massage Therapy graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Great Lakes Institute of Technology certificate programs that report debt.
Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $45,486 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $17,540.
One associate's program and 6 certificate programs at Great Lakes Institute of Technology report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels