Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg

Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It is a small private for-profit school part of the Education Corporation of America system and offers undergrad programs. It has 178 undergraduate students enrolled.

Popular majors include Health Professions and Related Programs, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, and Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services. 69% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $19,800.

Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg students, on average, make $25,100 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 7-8 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 6% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg? There are many ways to estimate the financial return on your education.

We use the 10-year average earnings (the 10 years start when you enroll, so if you attend a 4-year college, this would be approximately 6 years after you graduate) and the all in one year cost of attending the school. The all in cost is the sum of tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

By comparing the two, you can get a sense if what the average graduate in early to mid career makes at least covers your cost of attending one year of school.

A higher number is better.

Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg has more female students than male students.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 30 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 335 women.

The most popular majors at Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg are:

1. Health Professions and Related Programs
2. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services
3. Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Student retention rate is an indicator of student satisfaction. Retention rate is the percentage of students who continue to study at the college the following year.

Higher retention rates mean students tend to stay at the college, while lower retention rates students are unsatisfied and leave.

Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg has a retention rate of 75% for full-time undergrads, which is neither high nor low.

Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg has around 15 students who transfer into the school each year. This is somewhat low at approximately 8% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Brightwood Career Institute - Harrisburg as better than the college they were previously enrolled in. Higher rates also mean that there will be more new faces on campus.

Politically, Pennsylvania tends to be About even. In the 2016 Presidential election, 48% of the state voted for the Democratic party, 48% voted for the Republican party, and 2% voted for neither.