This post includes an overview of all GED or HiSET classes in the Harrisburg region. Pennsylvania uses the GED and the HiSET for high school equivalency (HSE) testing.
Both tests can be taken online or at state-certified HSE testing facilities.
HSE testing offers persons who never completed high school one more option to earn an equivalent credential.
The GED has four separate subtests in Literacy, Science, Social Studies, and Math. You can deal with these four tests separately.
The HiSET comes with five tests. The Literacy section includes a reading and a writing test. You can take these subtests separately as well.
The HiSET is offering both on-computer and on-paper testing, whereas the GED is exclusively offered on a computer.
Until recently, online GED or HiSET testing has never been possible. You were required to show up at an official state-approved Pennsylvania HSE testing site and sit for the tests in person.
Now, this has changed with the launch of online proctored testing options for both HiSET and GED testing. Learn more below.
Harrisburg GED prep locations (by ZIP)
PA CareerLink Dauphin County
100 N Cameron Street | Harrisburg | PA 17101 | Phone: 717 . 783 . 3270
Adult Learning Center (Pine Street Presbyterian Church)
234 South Street | Harrisburg | PA 17101 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 9304
HACC Harrisburg Midtown 1 (formerly Community Center for Technology and Arts)
1523 N Fourth Street | Harrisburg | PA 17102 | Phone: 717 . 780 . 2577
HACC Harrisburg Midtown 2
1500 N 3rd Street | Harrisburg | PA 17102 | Phone: 717 . 780 . 2577
Harrisburg High School-Adult Education
2451 Market Street | Harrisburg | PA 17003 | Phone: 717 . 703 . 4300
YWCA Greater Harrisburg
1101 Market Street | Harrisburg | PA 17103 | Phone: 717 . 234 . 7931
The Joshua House Resource Center
1442 Market Street | Harrisburg | PA 17103 | Phone: 717 . 236 . 4464
GED instruction for young adults ages 15 – 21
First Church of the Brethren (Tri-County OIC)
219 Hummel Street | Harrisburg | PA 17104 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318
Tri-County OIC Adult Learning Center
500 Maclay Street | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318
GED classes are provided in Harrisburg, Camp Hill, New Cumberland, Middletown, Hershey, Lewisberry, and Steelton.
Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC-Harrisburg Campus)
1 HACC Drive | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717 . 780 . 2442
South Central Employment Corporation
2643 N 3rd Street | Suite 100 | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717 . 236 . 7931
Phase 4 Learning Center-Harrisburg (Harrisburg Mall Annex)
3501 Paxton Street (Unit 06) | Harrisburg | PA 17111-1403 | Phone: 717 . 561 . 2060
Dauphin County Prison
501 Mall Road | Harrisburg | PA 17111 | Phone: 717 . 780 . 6800 ext. 382
Publicly unavailable
Huntington Education Center-Harrisburg
5094-D Jonestown Road | Harrisburg | PA 17112 | Phone: 717 . 657 . 1911
(Situated in the Colonial Commons Shopping Center)
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street | Floor 12 | Harrisburg | PA 17126 | Phone: 717 . 787 . 6344
Locations around Harrisburg (cities by alphabet)
Adult Learning Center-CSIU
1000 Market Street | Suite 37 | Bloomsburg | PA 17815 | Phone: 570 . 317 . 2806
The center is located in the Market Street Plaza
Diakon Youth Services
571 Mountain Road | Boiling Springs | PA 17007 | Phone: 717 . 258 . 3168
Emerge Education Step-Up Program
355 N 21st Street | Suite 307 | Camp Hill | PA 17011 | Phone: 717 . 979 . 4704
Carlisle High School
623 W Penn Street | Carlisle | PA 23219 | Phone: 717 . 254 . 2657
Carlisle Area Employment Skills Center
29 S Hanover Street | Carlisle | PA 17013 | Phone: 717 . 243 . 6040
The Employment Skills Center is providing both daytime and nighttime HSE preparation classes. Daytime classes are offered the Employment Skills Center (29 S Hanover Street, Carlisle), and nighttime classes are available at Carlisle High School (623 W Penn Street, Carlisle).
Persons who are interested in signing up for these classes are required to be present at an information/orientation session. There is no required pre-registration for this information/orientation session. Please contact the Center for more information.
PA CareerLink Cumberland County
1 Alexandra Court | Carlisle | PA 17013 | Phone: 717 . 243 . 4431
Cumberland County Prison HSE Classes
1101 Claremont Road | Carlisle | PA 17015 | Phone: 717 . 245 . 8787
No availability to the public
Franklin County Literacy Council
305 W Commerce Street | Chambersburg | PA 17201 | Phone: 717 . 504 . 4459 x 350
Career Link Franklin County
600 Norland Avenue | Chambersburg | PA 17201 | Phone: 717 . 264 . 4584
Columbia Head Start-HSE Program
81 Wright Ave | Columbia | PA 17512 | Ph: 717 – 606 – 1363
New Hope Ministries Dillsburg Center
6 North 2nd Street | Dillsburg | PA 17019 | Phone: 717 . 432 . 3053
New Hope Ministries Dover Center
1836 Industrial Court | Dover | PA 17315 | Phone: 717 . 292 . 3441
Cornerstone Community Ministries-HSE Program
95 S Wilson Ave | Elizabethtown | PA 17022 | Ph: 717 – 367 – 1533 x 1117
HACC-Gettysburg HSE Program
731 Old Harrisburg Rd | Gettysburg | PA 17325 | Ph: 717 – 337 – 3855
Click here for all Gettysburg HSE prep options
Hagerstown Comm. College | GSE Program
11400 Robinwood Dr | Hagerstown | MD 21742 | Ph: 240 . 500 . 2313
New Hope Ministries Hanover Center
529 Carlisle Street | Hanover | PA 17331 | Phone: 717 . 698 . 3365
Guthrie Memorial Library
301 Carlisle Street | Hanover | PA 17331 | Phone: 717 . 632 . 5183
Hershey Public Library
701 Cocoa Avenue | Hershey | PA 17033 | Phone: 717 . 533 . 6555
LearningExpress online GED course
Huntingdon County Child & Adult Development Corporation
54 Pennsylvania Avenue | Huntingdon, PA 16652 | Phone: 814 . 643 . 6800
Literacy Council Lancaster-Lebanon
545 South Ann Street | Lancaster | PA 17602 | Phone: 717 . 606 . 1365
For all Lancaster-region HSE classes go to Lancaster GED Prep Classes
Harrisburg Area Comm. College-Lebanon
735 Cumberland Street | Lebanon | PA 17042 | Phone: 717 . 270 . 4222
Lancaster-Lebanon Adult School
One Cumberland Street | Lebanon | PA 17042 | Phone: 717 . 606 . 1793
PA CareerLink Lebanon County
243 Schneider Drive | Lebanon | PA 17046-4875 | Phone: 717 . 274 . 2554
Lebanon County Community Action Partnership
503 Oak Street | Lebanon | PA 17042 | Phone: 717-273-9328
Central Pennsylvania Literacy Council
225 Hummel Avenue | Lemoyne | PA 17043 | Phone: 717 . 763 . 7522
Redland Community Center (Tri-County OIC)
308 Market Street | Lewisberry | PA 17339 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318
Adult Learning Center-CSIU
1339 St. Mary Street | Suite 2 | Lewisburg | PA 17837 | Phone: 570 . 523 . 1155 ext. 2416
The Adult Learning Center is located in the Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center
Mifflin County PA CareerLink
6395 SR 103 North (MCIDC Plaza-Bldg 58) | Lewistown | PA 17044 | Phone: 717 . 248 . 4942
Schuylkill Intermediate Unit 29 (Lifelong Learning Center)
17 Maple Avenue | Mar Lin | PA 17951 | Phone: 570 . 544 . 9131
School District of Cumberland Valley HSE Program
6746 Carlisle Pike | Mechanicsburg | PA 17050 | Ph: 717 – 506 – 3653
New Hope Ministries Mechanicsburg (West Shore Center)
5228 E Trindle Road | Mechanicsburg | PA 17050 | Phone: 717 . 766 . 7333
Wesley United Methodist Church (Tri-County OIC)
64 Ann Street | Middletown | PA 17057 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318
CSIU Adult and Family Learning Center
1050 Hepburn Street | Milton | PA 17847 | Phone: 570 . 742 . 4752
Huntingdon County Child & Adult Development Corporation
402 N Jefferson Street | Mt. Union | PA 17066 | Phone: 814 . 643 . 6800
South Central Employment Corp. (SEC)
158 Centre Drive | New Bloomfield | PA 17068 | Phone: 717 . 582 . 8971
Community United Methodist Church (Tri-County OIC Adult Ed)
16th and Bridge Streets | New Cumberland | PA 17070 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318
Perry County Literacy Council
133 S 5th Street | Newport | PA 17074 | Phone: 717 . 567 . 7323
TechBridge (Out of School Youth Program)
133 S 5th Street | Newport | PA 17074 | Phone: 717 . 567 . 2567
GED instruction for Perry and Juniata County low-income residents ages 16 through 21.
Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12
65 Billerbeck Street | New Oxford | PA 17350 | Phone: 717 . 624 . 4616
Yorkville Center (Lifelong Learning Center)
2221 West Market Street | Pottsville | Pennsylvania 17901 | Phone: 570-628-5761
Pottsville CareerLink
203 E Arch Street | Pottsville | Pennsylvania 17901-3512 | Phone: 570-622-5253
One-Stop Center Reading HSE
1920 Kutztown Road (Ste F) | Reading | PA 19604 | Ph: 610 . 988 . 1300
For all Reading-area classes check out Reading GED Courses
Union-Snyder Community Action-CSIU
713 Bridge Street | Suite 10 | Selinsgrove | PA 17870 | Phone: 570 . 374 . 0181 ext. 143
Adult & Family Learning Center-CSIU
2 East Arch Street | 3rd Floor | Shamokin | PA 17872 | Phone: 570 . 509 . 2246
Located in the Northumberland Co. Career and Arts Center
Hope Reformed Presbyterian Church
123 Walnut Bottom Road | Shippensburg | PA 17257 | Phone: 717-532-8998
CSIU Adult Learning Center (Sunbury CareerLink)
225 Market Street | 2nd Floor | Room 202 | Sunbury | PA 17801 | Phone: 570 . 988 . 7337
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Pennsylvania Free Online GED ClassesHarrisburg area GED testing centers
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Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center (HiSET/GED)
500 Maclay Street | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717-238-7318
Harrisburg Area Community College (Whitaker Hall 116, GED)
One HACC Drive | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717-780-2456
American Personnel and Managers Consultants Inc. (GED)
3607 Rosemont Avenue | Suite 101 | Camp Hill | PA 17011 | Phone: 717-303-0229
Employment Skills Center (GED)
29 South Hanover Street | Carlisle | PA 17013 | Phone: 717-243-6040
Lancaster Lebanon IU #13 (HiSET Test Center)
1 Cumberland Street | Lebanon | PA 17042 | Phone: 717-450-1525
Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 (HiSET/GED)
65 Billerbeck Road | New Oxford | PA 17350 | Phone: 717-624-6411
Perry County Literacy Council HiSET/GED)
133 South 5th Street | Newport | PA 17074 | Phone: 717-567-7323
Educators, Inc (GED)
12 Commerce Avenue | Selinsgrove | PA 17870 | Phone: 570-884-3740
CSIU-Shamokin Adult Learning Center (HiSET)
2 East Arch Street (Room 304) | Shamokin | PA 17872 | Phone: 570-509-2246
Launching GED and HiSET online tests
In the past, both the GED and HiSET exam had to be taken, in-person, at an official Pennsylvania HSE testing site. Online HSE test-taking was never possible. That is, until recently, as we witnessed the introduction of both an online proctored GED exam and a new online HiSET testing option.
For information on the newly launched HiSET online testing option, check out ‘Welcoming an online HiSET test’ and for information on the recently launched online GED option, go to ‘Welcoming online proctored GED testing’.
Last Updated on January 12, 2021.