Program Payoff

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College

Erie, Pennsylvania. 21 certificate and associate programs, public. 21 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Pennsylvania.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $48,432 (23) $76,070
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree $16,500 $45,696 (18) $49,800
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $17,273 $42,841 (76) $44,590
Nursing Assistants
Business/Commerce, General Associate's degree $17,701 $40,821 (96) $103,130
General and Operations Managers
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $16,500 $30,771 (86) $65,400
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Accounting and Related Services Undergraduate certificate $26,499 not published $79,000
Accountants and Auditors
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management Undergraduate certificate $26,000 not published $100,150
Project Management Specialists
Finance and Financial Management Services Undergraduate certificate $25,965 not published $103,130
General and Operations Managers
Management Information Systems and Services Undergraduate certificate $26,000 not published $163,910
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Area Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $96,010
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology Undergraduate certificate not published $70,450
Human Resources Specialists
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Undergraduate certificate not published $137,900
Natural Sciences Managers
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services Undergraduate certificate not published $44,050
Social and Human Service Assistants
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $52,900
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
International/Globalization Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $48,710
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Undergraduate certificate not published $103,130
General and Operations Managers
Psychology, General Undergraduate certificate not published $131,600
Managers, All Other
Psychology, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $131,600
Managers, All Other
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Undergraduate certificate not published $71,350
Training and Development Specialists
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Undergraduate certificate not published $96,430
Registered Nurses
Security Science and Technology Undergraduate certificate not published $79,000
Accountants and Auditors

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.