Chester County
Intermediate Unit
Public College in Downingtown, PA. Median 10-year earnings $60,347.
Students who entered Chester County Intermediate Unit reach a median of $60,347 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Graduates carry a median of $18,075 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Chester County Intermediate Unit admits 58% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. With 24 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is high — 79% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Chester County Intermediate Unit →Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. Retention is strong at 100%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 114 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 114 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,441 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $13,992 while those at $75–110k pay $22,479. 60% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,634 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 83% 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 · 11 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 | $13,992 |
| $30–48k | $13,993 |
| $48–75k | $16,457 |
| $75–110k | $22,479 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 114 students, totalling $713,329 — an average of $7,509 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chester 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)