This post lists all GED® prep class locations and testing sites in the Bethlehem region.
Pennsylvania offers two options to earn your HSE (high school equivalency) diploma, the GED and the HiSET.
The HSE test offers individuals who could not finish high school the chance to acquire an equivalent degree.
Both HSE exams measure proficiency at a level that compares to that of graduating HS seniors.
The GED exam is administered exclusively on a computer and has four separate subtests in literacy, math, science, and social studies.
You are given two years to deal with the entire GED battery. This applies only to the GED exam!
the HiSET is offered both on paper and on a computer and contains five tests (science, social studies, math, literacy-writing, and literacy-reading).
Bethlehem GED-HiSET prep facilities
GED Requirements in PennsylvaniaNorthampton Community College (Center for Ad. Literacy)
3835 Green Pond Rd | Bethlehem | PA 18020 | Ph: (610) 861-5427
The school provides GED classes at several locations and these classes are mostly financed through state and federal education grants managed by Northampton Community College. NCC offers one of Pennsylvania’s largest Adult Literacy programs and serves hundreds of adult learners every year. Funding is additionally provided by the school districts of Bangor, Pen Argyl, and Nazareth. If you want more information please call Northampton Community College’s Adult Education Department: 610-861-5427. For information on classes in Northampton County please call 610-332-8650, in Monroe County 570-839-2778, and in Wayne and Pike Counties 570-251-9335.
Fowler Family Southside Center (Northampton Comm. College)
511 E 3rd St | Bethlehem | PA 18015 | Ph: (610) 332-8650
Northeast Ministry (Family Literacy Program)
1161 Fritz Dr | Bethlehem | PA 18017 | Ph: (610) 691-3355
Liberty High School
1115 Linden St | Bethlehem | PA 18018 | Ph: (610) 691-7200
Huntington Learning Center (Bethlehem Square Shopping Center)
3926 Nazareth Pike | Bethlehem | PA 18020 | Ph: (610) 866-4525
Centennial School (Lehigh University)
2196 Ave C | Bethlehem | PA 18017 | Ph: (610) 266-6500
Unity House (Growth Horizons Program)
119 W 4th St | Bethlehem | PA 18015 | Ph: (610) 691-1580
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Free Pennsylvania GED Practice TestLocations around Bethlehem (cities by alphabet)
Lehigh Carbon Comm. Coll.
718 W Hamilton St | Allentown | PA 18101 | Ph: (610) 799-1955
For all Allentown prep locations visit this page
Defranco Elementary (NCC)
267 5 Points Richmond Rd | Bangor | PA 18013 | Ph: (610) 861-5427
Center for Workforce Development
8 Fountain Crt | Bartonsville | PA 18372 | Ph: (570) 688-9173
Monroe Career & Technical Institute
194 Laurel Lake Rd | Bartonsville | PA 18321 | Ph: (570) 629-2001 ext. 1125
Bartonsville Career Center
Rimrock Rd & Rte 611 S | Bartonsville | PA 18321 | Ph: (570) 620-2092
Monroe County Literacy Council HSE Classes
2000 Pilgrim Way | Brodheadsville | PA 18322 | Ph: (570) 992-7934
ProJeCt of Easton Literacy
320 Ferry St | Easton | PA 18042 | Ph: (610) 258-4361
Easton Area High School
2601 William Penn Hwy | Easton | PA 18045 | Ph: (610) 250-2481
Northampton County HSE Classes
110 Main St | Easton | PA 18042 | Ph: (610) 250-1700
ESC Adult Education
51 Sawmill Rd | Lebanon | NJ 08833 | Ph: (908) 439-4280
Nazareth Senior High School (NCC)
501 E Center St | Nazareth | PA 18064 | Ph: (610) 861-5427
Lehigh Learning Academy
113 S Main St | Nazareth | PA 18064 | Ph: (610) 365-8850
Catasauqua High Adult Education Classes
2500 W Bullshead Rd | Northampton | PA 18067 | Ph: (610) 697-0123
Pen Argyl Area High School (NCC)
501 W Laurel Ave | Pen Argyl | PA 18072 | Ph: (610) 861-5427
Bucks County Community College-Upper Bucks Campus
1 Hillendale Rd | Rm 153 | Perkasie | PA 18944 | Ph: (267) 685-4884
New Jersey Youth Corps Phillipsburg
1 Meyner Rd | Phillipsburg | NJ 08865 | Ph: (908) 859-2969
Edwards Learning Center
360 Chambers St | Phillipsburg | NJ 08865 | Ph: (908) 213-1988
Phillipsburg Housing Authority
530 Heckman St | Phillipsburg | NJ 08865 | Ph: (908) 859-0122
Eastern Monroe Public Library (Hughes Library) HSE Classes
1002 N 9th St | Stroudsburg | PA 18360 | Ph: (570) 421-0800 ext. 317
Northampton Community College
2411 Route 715 | Tannersville | PA 18372 | Ph: (570) 369-1883
Warren County Technical School 1500 Rte 57 W | Washington | NJ 07882 | Ph: (908) 835-2480
Free GED Online Classes in PennsylvaniaBethlehem area testing sites
Northampton Comm. Coll. (Fowler Southside Campus)
511 E 3rd St | Bethlehem | PA 18015 | Rm 165A | Ph: (610) 861-5427
Lehigh Carbon Comm. Coll. Allentown
718 W Hamilton St | Allentown | PA 18101 | Ph: (610) 799-1940
Bartonsville Workforce Development Center
8 Fountain Crt | Rte 611 | Bartonsville | PA 18321 | Ph: (570) 688-9173
Easton Area HS HSE testing
2601 William Penn Hwy | Easton | PA 18045 | Ph: (610) 250-2481
Catasauqua High HSE testing
2500 W Bullshead Rd | Northampton | PA 18067 | Ph: (610) 697-0123
Upper Bucks County Tech
3115 Ridge Rd | Perkasie | PA 18944 | Ph: (215) 795-2911
The GED – what’s new
As of January 1, 2014, the GED battery of four tests is offered via computer testing only, and this is just one of the major changes. Until then, the exam was available in a paper-based format. The latest edition of the GED program replaced the 2002 version and the number of modules went from five to four. All the changes made some people very nervous, as they were told the new GED test would be more challenging, and all computer-based.
Online testing?
The GED exam is NOT available online, nor is the HiSET. You are required to show up at a state-designated GED testing center and sit for the four sub-tests in person. There are quite a few internet sites that promise the GED diploma, or the GED tests, via the internet, but online testing is not possible. These sites are run by con artists. Online prep courses are okay though so get all set fast via this website’s free online GED video program and practice tests.
The minimally required score on each of the GED subtests was lowered 5 points to 145 in March 2016. More details can be read in this GED Scoring News article. Online HiSET or GED testing is NOT possible. If you find a website that claims something different, you know this is false. You must personally come to a state-approved HSE testing site.
One GED test at a time
There is no need to take all four GED subtests in one time, you can take one part (or more if you like) by the time you are well-prepared, and your scores will be valid for a two-year period from your first registration. This only applies to the GED. Go to the page GED testing in Pennsylvania to see if you qualify for Pennsylvania’s HSE program. Check out also this post that has links to all GED prep sites and programs in the U.S.
