PTC Profile

Enrollment

as of fall 2021 unless otherwise noted

1,240 students (85% full time)
173 undergraduate transfer-in enrollment
71% of students are 24 and under; 29% are 25 and over
59% male, 41% female
88% of students are from in-state while 12% represent 16 other states
Student race/ethnicity:
- 0% American Indian
- 1% Asian
- 9% Black or African American
- 2% Hispanic/Latinos
- 0% Native Hawaiian
- 67% White
- 6% two or more races
- 15% race/ethnicity unknown
- 0% non-resident alien

Faculty and Staff*

63 full-time, 34 part-time faculty
139 full-time staff, 19 part-time staff*

* Source: PTC Human Resources, April 2022

Accreditation

Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Pittsburgh Technical College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801; telephone: (267) 284-5011. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Program Accreditation

PTC’s Surgical Technology program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
PTC’s Practical Nursing program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
PTC’s Practical Nursing and Associate in Science, Nursing programs are approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
PTC’s Therapeutic Massage Practitioner program is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB).
PTC is authorized as a college by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to award Academic Associate in Science degrees and Bachelor of Science degrees.
Our Associate in Science degree and our Certificate program in Culinary Arts are accredited by the American Culinary Federation.
Our Certificate program in Baking and Pastry is accredited by the American Culinary Federation.
The Information Technology programs earned designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Two-Year Education (CAE-2Y) through the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Board of Trustees

Mr. Charles Evanoski
Dr. Patricia Grey
Ms. Valerie Keys
Mr. Harold L. Maley
Mr. Michael Marr
Ms. Carla M. Ryba
Mr. Jeffrey T. Sarabok

Executive Board

Mr. Eli Shorak, Board Vice Chair
Dr. Peggy Williams-Betlyn, Board Chair
Mr. Wayne Zanardelli, Board Secretary

Trustee Emeritus

Mr. Michael Yurisic

Foundation Board

Mr. Jason C. Brown, Chair
Ms. Crystal McCormick Ware, Co-Chair

Features of the PTC Campus

180-acre campus
170,000 square-foot main academic building
15,000 square-foot Energy Technology Center
61 classrooms with more than 44 hands-on learning and simulation labs
Three campus residence halls accommodate 465 resident students
The American Academy of Culinary Arts has two complete kitchens and a dining lab
Recreational fields and courts for intramural softball, soccer, volleyball, flag football and basketball
Exclusive Military Lounge

PTC Awards

In 2020 Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith was chosen as a Career Ready PA Champion by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
PTC was ranked by “U.S. News & World Report” as a 2021 Best College in the Northern Region, as well as a top regional college for veterans, social mobility, and bachelor’s degree affordability.
In 2020 instructor Tracie Brady received a Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty Recognition Award by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
Finalist, 2020 TECH50 CEO of the Year.
Information Systems & Technology faculty members presented at the 2020 IACIS Conference and their research was named Best Paper and printed in a major industry publication.
In 2020 the Criminal Justice program received the Outstanding Higher Education Partnership Award from the Salvation Army.
In 2020 Cribs for Kids named Dr. Alicia Harvey- Smith a Woman of Achievement.
Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith was named a 2019 Woman of Influence by the “Pittsburgh Business Times.”
In 2019 the “New Pittsburgh Courier” named Dr. Alicia Harvey-Smith a Woman of Excellence.
2019 Alicia Harvey-Smith, Ph.D., President of Pittsburgh Technical College received the “Houston Business Journal” Women Who Mean Business Award for Outstanding Leadership in Education and Technology.
2019 Alicia B. Harvey-Smith, Ph.D., President of Pittsburgh Technical College, received the Black History Achievement Award.
Finalist, 2019 TECH50 Culture Leader of the Year
Recognized as a Military Friendly School every year from 2009 to 2019 by G.I. Jobs.
We were recognized as a Top Workplace from 2011 through 2018.
Honored eight years between 2002 and 2018 with the Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators’ Outstanding Instructor of the Year Award.
In 2017 Vice President of Education Eileen Steffan was a recipient of the 12th Annual Women of Achievement Award for Education presented by the Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala and Cribs for Kids.
In 2014 Instructor John Nagy received the Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding U.S. Educator sponsored by American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute.
In 2013 Instructor Charles Eltringham received a national Educator of the Year Award from APSCU.
Former President Greg DeFeo received the “Pittsburgh Business Times” 2013 Diamond Award honoring the region’s top CEOs and Presidents.
Honored seven years between 2001 and 2013 with the Pennsylvania Association of Private School Administrators’ Community Service Award.
In 2012 HR Director Nancy Sheppard Starr was recognized by the “Pittsburgh Business Times” Human Resources Leadership Award.
2009 alumnus Joyce Leonard was honored as one of the nation’s outstanding college career graduates by APSCU.
Recognized in 2009 with the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Voted #1 in the “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s” 2007 survey of the “Best Places to Work.”