Penn Foster (Pennsylvania): 20 training programs — cost, completion, employment and earnings from the federal record

Penn Foster (Other), 200 Hickory St, Scranton has 20 programs on Pennsylvania’s Training Provider Results list leading to: AAPC Certified Professional Coder; ASE Certification; Accounting Associate's Degree; Administrative Assistant; Administrative Assistant Career Diploma; Bookkeeping Career Diploma and 13 more. The table prints what the provider reported for each: the published cost, how many students exited, the share who completed, the share employed in the second quarter after exit, and their median earnings in that quarter — as reported, with the federal definition of every column below. Nothing is ranked, imputed or estimated. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.

Read this first. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved. No promise is made here about money, seats, jobs or pay; the figures are what the providers reported, printed with their dates.

Programs on the list20

With a published cost15 of 20

With an employment figure5 of 20

Published costs$729 – $7,884lowest to highest, as reported

Penn Foster — every program on the Pennsylvania list, snapshot 2026-09-02
#	Program (provider’s page) · credential · code	Published cost basis	Length	Exited	Completed	Employed Q2 after exit	Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter)	Avg WIOA ITA $
1	Accounting Associate's DegreeAccounting Associate's Degree · 13-2011	—not reported	60 wk · 1 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
2	ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTAdministrative Assistant Career Diploma · 11-3012	$729tuition + fees + supplies	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Administrative AssistantAdministrative Assistant · 43-6011	—not reported	52 wk · 7 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
4	BookkeepingBookkeeping Career Diploma · 13-2082	$799tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 1 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
5	Business Management Essentials CertificateBusiness Management Essentials Certificate · 11-1021; 11-3012; 11-9199	$877tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 10 hrs	11	36%	—	—	—
6	Diesel Mechanics/Heavy Truck MaintenanceASE Certification · 49-3031	$799tuition + fees + supplies	—	11	55%	—	—	—
7	Dog Obedience Trainer/InstructorDog Obedience Trainer/Instructor · 39-2011; 39-2021	$799tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 15 hrs	82	39%	21%	$15,407	—
8	IT Support SpecialistIT Support Specialist Career Diploma · 15-1232	$999tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 10 hrs	82	27%	28%	$17,247	—
9	MEDICAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTCertified Medical Administrative Assistant · 11-3012	$839tuition + fees + supplies	—	14	36%	—	—	—
10	Medical Administrative AssistantMedical Administrative Assistant · 31-9092	—not reported	30 wk · 22 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
11	Medical Assistant DiplomaCertified Medical Assistant · 31-9092	$1,799tuition + fees + supplies	—	15	—	—	—	—
12	Medical Billing & CodingAAPC Certified Professional Coder · 29-2072; 43-6013	$1,260tuition + fees + supplies	40 wk · 10 hrs	145	11%	55%	$12,726	—
13	Medical Billing & CodingMedical Billing & Coding · 43-6013	—not reported	65 wk · 12 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
14	MEDICAL BILLING AND CODINGCertified Billing Coding Specialist · 29-2072	$1,149tuition + fees + supplies	—	121	14%	—	—	—
15	Pharmacy TechnicianIndustry-Recognized Certificate or Certification · 29-2052	$999tuition + fees + supplies	72 wk · 10 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
16	Pharmacy TechnicianPharmacy Technician · 25-1071	—not reported	39 wk · 18 hrs	—	—	—	—	—
17	Sterile Processing31-9093	$899tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 10 hrs	224	50%	67%	$544	—
18	Veterinary AssistantProgram prepares you for Approved Vet Assistant exam · 31-9096	$799tuition + fees + supplies	—	25	12%	—	—	$89
19	Veterinary AssistantVeterinary Assistant Career Diploma · 29-2056; 31-9096	$899tuition + fees + supplies	52 wk · 12 hrs	190	3%	21%	$18,650	—
20	Veterinary Technician Associates DegreeVeterinary Technician Associated Degree · 29-2056	$7,884tuition + fees + supplies	—	30	57%	—	—	—

Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov (state Eligible Training Provider performance reports, form ETA-9171), snapshot taken 2026-09-02; the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is tuition and fees for a non-WIOA participant where the provider reported it (books and supplies added only when reported separately), otherwise the average WIOA training-account dollars per participant — the basis is printed under each figure. The provider’s own program page is linked where it reported one; RetrainMap has not verified those links.

How to read the columns — the federal data dictionary

Definitions from the TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0 (2024-05-15), as shipped in the dataset’s data_dictionary.csv. Median earnings are one calendar quarter, not a year. Percentages of small cohorts are noisy — read the exited count first. A dash means the federal file prints −1 (suppressed: small cohort, not reported, or flagged) — blank here, never zero.

all_completed_pct (federal field field_c_completed_percent): Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
all_employed_q2_pct (federal field field_c_q2_employment_percent): Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129) Percent, 0-100 (the federal file stores a 0-1 fraction; converted here).
all_median_earnings_q2_usd (federal field field_c_median_earnings): Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125)
avg_ita_cost_per_wioa_participant_usd (federal field field_c_cost_per_wioa): Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135)
non_wioa_tuition_fees_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_tuition_cost): Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111)
non_wioa_books_supplies_usd (federal field field_non_wioa_supplies_cost): Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Books and Supplies (DE112)
length_weeks (federal field field_program_length_weeks): Length of the training program in weeks, as completed by a full-time student (DE114); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
length_hours (federal field field_program_length_hours): Length of the training program in clock/contact hours (DE113); a suppressed value (-1) indicates it was reported as a competency-based program
all_students_exited (federal field field_c_total_exited): Total number of individuals exited from the training program (DE121)

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Sources and dates

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration — Training Provider Results program index, https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/ · snapshot 2026-09-02 · normalised in the RetrainMap Training Provider Outcomes dataset (suppressed −1 cells blank; percentages 0–100; nothing imputed)
TrainingProviderResults.gov Data Dictionary v4.0, 2024-05-15 — https://www.trainingproviderresults.gov/assets/ETP_Data_Dictionary.pdf

Other providers in Pennsylvania: the Pennsylvania provider index.