63 GED Prep Classes in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

This post includes an overview of all GED®-HiSET classes in the Harrisburg region.

Pennsylvania uses the GED and the HiSET for high school equivalency (HSE) testing.

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 must deal with all four tests within two years.

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, wheres the GED is exclusively offered on a computer.

Online GED or HiSET testing is NOT possible. You must show up at an official state-approved HSE testing site and sit for the tests in person.

Harrisburg GED-HiSET prep locations (by ZIP)

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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 . 2577

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

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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 these information/orientation sessions. 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
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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

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Harrisburg area GED-HiSET testing centers

Tri-County OIC Adult Learning Center
500 Maclay Street | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717 . 238 . 7318

Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)
1 HACC Drive | Blocker Hall 109 | Harrisburg | PA 17110 | Phone: 717 . 780 . 2577

Lebanon Valley College HSE testing
1 Cumberland St | Lebanon | PA 17042 | Ph: 717 – 450 – 1500

Lewistown TIU Community Education Services
6395 Sr 103 N | Lewistown | PA 17044 | Phone: 717 . 248 . 4942

Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16
90 Lawton Lane | Milton | PA 17847 | Phone: 570 . 523 . 1155 ext. 2416

Newport School District
420 Fickes Lane | Newport | PA 17074 | Phone: 717 . 567 . 2529

Perry Co. Literacy Council
133 South 5th Street | Newport | PA 17074 | Phone: 717 . 567 . 7323

Lincoln Intermediate | Unit 12
65 Billerbeck Rd | New Oxford | PA 17350 | Ph: 717 – 624 – 6412

Shippensburg Area Senior High School
317 N Morris Street | Shippensburg | PA 17257 | Phone: 717 . 530 . 2730

Waynesboro GED
702 E Second Street | Waynesboro | PA 17268 | Phone: 717 . 762 . 1191 ext. 1372

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Modular GED

The GED exam has four tests in the subject fields of Math, Literacy, Science, and Social Studies. You can take and pay for one subtest (module) when you think you are all set to do so, and your scores will remain valid for two years. The HiSET has two literacy tests (writing and reading), so five in total. The HiSET is not modular.

To find out if you qualify, go to HSE testing in Pennsylvania. Check out as well this page that has leads to all GED programs across America.

What is the GED-HiSET?

The certificate that will be awarded after completing the Pennsylvania GED or HiSET exam (the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma) is all over the nation regarded as being equivalent to a normal high school diploma by government agencies, employers, and colleges. The GED tests can be taken separately (modular) within a 2-year period of time. The HiSET tests can also be done separately. The GED tests cost $30 each ($120 in total), the HiSET sets you back $90.

The GED/HiSET exam and also preparation classes cover basic competencies that students learn in high school, and the four tests of the new GED exam are in the subject fields of literacy, math, science, and social studies. The HiSET includes five tests as the literacy section is cut up in a writing and a reading test.

GED registration and scoring

All information about the GED program is available at GED.com, and when you register with My GED you have access to a portal where you will be taken the entire program step-by-step. Here you also can find relevant information on academic programs, job market trends, employment possibilities, and university profiles. On each of the four GED tests you had to score at least 150 points to pass but two years after the latest GED version was launched, this requirement was adjusted to 145. Taking the four tests separately is possible within a two year period.

Is there an online GED-HiSET exam?

No, there is not. To acquire your own GED or HiSET diploma you still must come to a state-designated examination center to sit for the GED or HiSET tests in person, but now the GED allows you to take one test (or more, if you like) at the time you feel you are ready to do so. Taking a GED/HiSET prep course via the internet is a great preparation method, but the GED and the HiSET examinations are just NOT offered online. Beware of websites that declare something else. These scam artists just are after your hard-earned dollars, and their documents have no value at all.