Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs in Pennsylvania
84 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. 33 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $30,771 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus.
What this work pays in Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other in Pennsylvania earn a median of $65,400 a year across 12,100 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 4 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 7 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 3 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 3 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | — |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 4 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington New Kensington | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill Schuylkill Haven | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 5 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango Sharon | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | — |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | — |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park | Associate's degree | $16,500 | $30,771 (86 grads) | 43 |
| Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $28,563 (317 grads) | 260 |
| Eastern University Saint Davids | Associate's degree | $20,000 | $28,236 (23 grads) | 54 |
| Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh | Associate's degree | $12,460 | $26,353 (156 grads) | 797 |
| Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg | Associate's degree | $15,500 | $26,248 (115 grads) | 194 |
| Bucks County Community College Newtown | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $25,774 (38 grads) | 24 |
| Delaware County Community College Media | Associate's degree | $12,260 | $25,691 (74 grads) | 221 |
| Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell | Associate's degree | $10,500 | $24,936 (179 grads) | 323 |
| Community College of Beaver County Monaca | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $24,035 (16 grads) | 15 |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville | Associate's degree | $8,902 | $23,340 (31 grads) | 142 |
| Northampton County Area Community College Bethlehem | Associate's degree | $14,250 | $23,087 (62 grads) | 139 |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Johnstown | Associate's degree | $10,105 | $21,508 (34 grads) | 88 |
| Manor College Jenkintown | Associate's degree | — | $21,234 (13 grads) | 6 |
| Reading Area Community College Reading | Associate's degree | $5,500 | $21,234 (18 grads) | 76 |
| Luzerne County Community College Nanticoke | Associate's degree | $9,877 | $19,683 (25 grads) | 73 |
| Mercyhurst University Erie | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $19,358 (18 grads) | 4 |
| Butler County Community College Butler | Undergraduate certificate | — | $18,309 (14 grads) | — |
| Butler County Community College Butler | Associate's degree | $6,250 | not published | 54 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana | Associate's degree | $17,500 | not published | 4 |
| La Salle University Philadelphia | Associate's degree | $3,500 | not published | 29 |
| Lackawanna College Scranton | Associate's degree | $15,250 | not published | 69 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park | Undergraduate certificate | $12,652 | not published | 14 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading | Undergraduate certificate | $12,652 | not published | 4 |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park | Undergraduate certificate | $12,652 | not published | 13 |
| Pennsylvania Western University California | Associate's degree | $21,457 | not published | 19 |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Bryn Athyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Bucks County Community College Newtown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Community College of Allegheny County Pittsburgh | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Community College of Beaver County Monaca | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Drexel University Philadelphia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Gannon University Erie | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Geneva College Beaver Falls | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Gwynedd Mercy University Gwynedd Valley | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Harcum College Bryn Mawr | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
| Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Immaculata University Immaculata | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Keystone College La Plume | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Manor College Jenkintown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Moravian University Bethlehem | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mount Aloysius College Cresson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 13 |
| Neumann University Aston | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Peirce College Philadelphia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Johnstown | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Pennsylvania Institute of Technology Media | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Saint Vincent College Latrobe | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Thiel College Greenville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford | Associate's degree | — | not published | 5 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| University of Scranton Scranton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| University of Valley Forge Phoenixville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Valley Forge Military College Wayne | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Villanova University Villanova | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood | Associate's degree | — | not published | 46 |
| Widener University Chester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Widener University Chester | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Wilson College Chambersburg | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| York College of Pennsylvania York | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.