Cairn University-Langhorne
Private College in Langhorne, PA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $44,172.
Students who entered Cairn University-Langhorne land at a median of $44,172 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 60%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $26,926, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 88% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 575, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 45% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. 7% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 540–590 | 15 (7%) |
| SAT Math | 460–570 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 782 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,273 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The income table below is the number that matters — $24,029 at $0–30k versus $33,129 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 97% of students receive it, averaging $20,185. Borrowing is widespread: 58% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 256 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $24,029 |
| $30–48k | $23,867 |
| $48–75k | $26,050 |
| $75–110k | $26,309 |
| $110k+ | $33,129 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 454 of these 782 students, totalling $2,781,500 — an average of $6,127 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bucks County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)