Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Business (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Business/Commerce, General
- Public college
- Johnstown, PA
- About 37 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College business graduates earn less than graduates of most business programs nationally, $23,730 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $12,393 in federal loans, close to the national median of $11,856. Several Pennsylvania programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all business associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Pennsylvania Highlands Community College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,696 less than the Pennsylvania median. Several Pennsylvania programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 68% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $131 a month, or 6.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
97% of graduates (37 of 38) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating. Prices in the Johnstown area are about 14% below the national average, so a $23,730 salary here buys what about $27,616 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$103,130Median pay in Pennsylvania. 172,010 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$100,150Median pay in Pennsylvania. 36,150 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Management Analysts
$93,830Median pay in Pennsylvania. 34,420 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Managers
$130,610Median pay in Pennsylvania. 20,460 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Business ranks 5th of 5 associate's programs at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrician Training ($95,230), Criminal Justice ($31,499), and Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($24,885).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $23,730 one year after graduating and $39,935 five years after. The median across business associate's programs in Pennsylvania is $36,274.
The median federal loan balance is $12,393, which ranks 5th lowest of 9 business associate's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $131 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 52% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 35%. Compare the cost with other Pennsylvania programs before deciding.
Most do. 97% (37 of 38) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024