Cheyney University
of Pennsylvania
Public College in Cheyney, PA. Six-year graduation rate 41%. Median 10-year earnings $37,837.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,837 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. 41% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $21,785, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 2.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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
Academics
41% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 25% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 721 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,207 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Income makes less difference than usual: $13,585 at $0–30k, $16,493 at $110k+. Most students get help: 90% receive grants worth $13,158 on average. 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 · 216 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 | $13,585 |
| $30–48k | $12,358 |
| $48–75k | $14,773 |
| $75–110k | $20,215 |
| $110k+ | $16,493 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 418 of these 721 students, totalling $2,801,830 — an average of $6,703 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware 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)