Northern Tier Career Center

Northern Tier Career Center is a public less-than-two-year institution located in Towanda, Pennsylvania, in a rural fringe campus setting. The center enrolls 56 students (IPEDS 2023) and holds a quality score of 34.83 out of 100. Its completion rate is 55% (IPEDS 2023) and retention rate is 22% (IPEDS 2023).

The career center offers a single program: Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training, awarded at the one-to-two-year certificate level. This program prepares students to sit for the NCLEX-PN licensure examination and enter the nursing workforce as licensed practical nurses.

Located in Towanda, the seat of Bradford County in north-central Pennsylvania, Northern Tier Career Center serves a largely rural region with limited local access to vocational training, making its LPN program a critical workforce resource for the surrounding communities.