Housing at Central Penn College
We make sure you feel right at home

At Central Penn College, our students don’t live in cramped dorm rooms. Their housing options include newly renovated Super Suites, where comfort, convenience, privacy, safety and beauty are built in.  And thanks to our one-of-a-kind Housing Scholarship, qualifying students in good academic standing can live rent-free on campus for four years. 

These real-world living arrangements provide each student with the benefits and responsibilities of adult life – all while providing a welcoming place to have fun and make new friends. Resident Advisors are on hand to help resolve problems and assist with adjusting to college life. Providing a safe, welcoming, and supportive environment for living and learning is their number one goal.

Real World Housing Options

Affordable Housing Scholarship

Central Penn College’s Housing Scholarship

Central Penn College is pleased to announce an expanded Housing Scholarship opportunity! Eligible students will be able to apply for a scholarship that covers up to two years or eight consecutive terms of on-campus room costs. This scholarship makes learning AND living at Central Penn College more affordable.

All housing scholarship recipients must meet the following requirements:  

Length of Scholarship: Associate degree students: eight (8) consecutive terms once the award is disbursed.  Bachelor’s Degree students: thirteen (13) consecutive terms once the award is disbursed.  Certificate students: three (3) consecutive terms once the award is disbursed.  

Term Off: If a student elects to take a term off, the student no longer qualifies for the housing scholarship. Medical or Military exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.  

GPA Requirement: If a student’s cumulative GPA falls below 2.00, after an initial warning, the student is no longer eligible to receive the scholarship.

Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy (SAP): Students must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), whereby they must pass 66% of their classes per term and maintain a 2.00 GPA to maintain the housing scholarship. Withdrawals, Failures, and Incompletes do not demonstrate Satisfactory Academic Progress. 

Dropping classes: Students must maintain a minimum number of credits in their program through Week 6 to receive the housing scholarship. Failure may result in the removal of the housing scholarship. 

Attendance: Students must regularly attend their courses to maintain eligibility for the housing scholarship. 

Student Conduct: Any student who receives more than four (4) points or is on probation for misconduct will immediately forfeit the housing scholarship permanently. Students have the right to grieve points due to conduct issues, but the loss of the housing scholarship cannot be appealed.

Required Programming: Recipients must attend mandatory housing programs as required by Residence Life, e.g., Housing Orientation. Failure to attend any session, without prior approval, will forfeit the housing scholarship.

Warning Term: All students receive only ONE warning term regardless of the violation.  

For specific credits requirements please see below: 

Associate and Bachelor’s Degree Students:Students who take nine (9) or more credits are eligible for the full award, up to double occupancy. Students who take six (6) to eight (8) credits can be eligible for a half award, up to double occupancy. Students who take five (5) or fewer credits are not eligible for the housing scholarship. Residential students must take at least 50 percent of their courses on-ground per term, exceptions will be at the discretion of the Faculty Advisor due to course availability. 

Certificate Students:Students who take six (6) credits are eligible to receive a half award, up to double occupancy. Students who take five (5) or fewer credits are not eligible. Residential students must take at least 50 percent of their courses on-ground per term.

OTA/PTA Degree Students:Students must take six (6) or more credits to be eligible for the full award, up to double occupancy. Students who take five (5) or fewer credits are not eligible for the housing scholarship. Residential students must take at least 50 percent of their courses on-ground per term.

UPMC Sponsor Students: Students seeking these majors may receive the full scholarship award regardless of the number of credits taken.

Note: The college reserves the right to change the tuition, fees and housing charges as necessary without prior notice. Information on this website should not be regarded as an irrevocable contract between a student or prospective student and Central Penn College.

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