Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh

Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a small private for-profit school part of the Education Corporation of America system and offers undergrad programs. It has 250 undergraduate students enrolled.

Popular majors include Health Professions and Related Programs, Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians, Construction Trades, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, and Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services. 48% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $20,200.

Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh students, on average, make $24,700 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 7-8 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 5% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh? 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 - Pittsburgh has more female students than male students.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 56 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 178 women.

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

1. Health Professions and Related Programs
2. Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians
3. Construction Trades
4. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
5. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective 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 - Pittsburgh has a retention rate of 61% for full-time undergrads, which is neither high nor low.

Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh has around 24 students who transfer into the school each year. This is somewhat low at approximately 10% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Brightwood Career Institute - Pittsburgh 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.