Delaware Valley University
Private College in Doylestown, PA. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $55,838.
Ten years after entry, the median Delaware Valley University student earns $55,838 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 56%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 93%, Delaware Valley University takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 2,343, typical for a school of this reach. A 20% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
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 | 560–663 | 268 (63%) |
| SAT Math | 530–640 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–30 | 42 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 56%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. With 31% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 14:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,643 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $28,975 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $21,896 at $0–30k versus $32,804 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $29,279. 80% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 485 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 | $21,896 |
| $30–48k | $22,118 |
| $48–75k | $24,746 |
| $75–110k | $28,104 |
| $110k+ | $32,804 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,311 of these 1,643 students, totalling $8,924,597 — an average of $6,807 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)