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At Penn College, we believe your educational experience should go beyond specialized skills. Real-world ready means taking a broader approach that builds communication skills, inspires collaboration, and encourages exploration of arts, history, and science.
Specialization requires in-depth knowledge and high-level proficiency. Students learn and apply major-specific concepts, skills, and methods.
Perspectives are points of view, offering a variety of ways of understanding, interacting, and influencing the world. Students identify, explain, and utilize the approaches used by academics and professionals to study, analyze, or understand problems, and offer solutions.
Foundations are the practical, intellectual, and social skills: communication, collaboration, critical and ethical thinking, quantitative thinking, and technological literacy that are crucial to every student at every stage of education and at every stage of life.
Get a snapshot of the power-packed automotive programs, take a look inside lab spaces loaded with specialized tools and equipment just like you’ll find in the real world, and learn how you can fuel your future. With small class sizes, intensive hands-on lab experiences, true-to-life internships, and the support of dedicated faculty, a degree from Penn College will take you where you want to go.
Get hands-on experience in specialized labs using industry-standard equipment, just like you’ll see in the real world.
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Nov 3
Undergraduate Open House
Sunday, November 39 AM - 3 PM
Mar 1
Undergraduate Open House
Saturday, March 19 AM - 3 PM
Apr 6
Undergraduate Open House
Sunday, April 69 AM - 3 PM
Penn College's strong partnerships impact every step of your journey – from your first day in the classroom and labs, to career placement (oftentimes before graduation) and beyond.
The club activities offer members exclusive exposure to the racing industry with tours of performance shops and opportunities to test their driving ability by participating in track days, autocross, and other driver skill events.
Your college experience is about more than the classroom. Join one of 65+ clubs and organizations, or create your own.
See the world via Williamsport. Take your education abroad and get hands-on experience learning about your industry on a global scale.
Members of the Penn College Motorsports Association participated in the 15th annual Toyota Green Grand Prix, which promotes innovation in sustainable transportation technologies while launching the season-opening weekend at New York’s renowned Watkins Glen International racetrack.
A.A.S degree from an accredited institution or NATEF certified school or completed ASE Master Technician Certification (8 certifications total) and official/final high school transcript.
Students may transfer with an associate degree from Penn College or other regionally accredited colleges with equivalent courses. Penn College officials will evaluate transcripts prior to acceptance to the major and junior level status. Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certificate, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Certification(s), or industry specific training that includes full-time industry related work experience will be evaluated on an individual basis for credit as determined by the Automotive Department.
As students learn to develop skills in service, repair, and test procedures within the first two years of this major, they will need to purchase certain tools.
Uniforms and tools are available for purchase through The College Store.
Average time to complete the degree
Students are required to have earned an associate degree as a condition of enrollment into the bachelor degree.
2014 fall cohort: 24 months
2015 fall cohort: 18 months
2016 fall cohort: 25 months
2017 fall cohort: 21.1 months
2018 fall cohort*: 5 semsters
2019 fall cohort: 5 semesters
2020 fall cohort: 4 semesters
*Starting Fall 2018, logic changed to average number of semesters, rounded up, for students who start full-time.
Cumulative GPAs
Fall 2018 | Fall 2019 | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | |
BAU Junior | 3.25 | 3.45 | 3.12 | 3.65 | 2.98 |
BAM Junior | 3.13 | 3.73 | 3.46 | 3.56 | 3.53 |
BAU Senior | 3.08 | 2.92 | 2.95 | 3.23 | 3.55 |
BAM Senior | 3.39 | 3.38 | 3.29 | 3.56 | 3.68 |
Average Starting Salary
(Source: Penn College graduate survey dashboard)
2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |
BAU | $41,500 | $54,500 | $39,750 | $45,667 | $62,667 |
BAM* | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*N is to small for reporting
Alternative Credit refers to academic credits earned through means other than traditional college course completion, including: credit by exam, articulation, proof of competency gained in high school, work/life experience, and advanced placement.
Visit the Alternative Credit Options page for requirements and procedures and for information on credit through Advanced Placement.
Penn College graduates are in high demand. Employer participation at the Career Fair is proof. Attracting 400+ organizations, this popular event is hosted twice per year and introduces students to all types of businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies.