East Stroudsburg
University of Pennsylvania
Public College in East Stroudsburg, PA. Six-year graduation rate 43%. Median 10-year earnings $56,148.
Students who entered East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania land at a median of $56,148 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 43% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $24,218 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. 7,953 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 500–590 | 154 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 500–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–23 | 9 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 43%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 72% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 28% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 21:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,611 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $18,610 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($15,365 versus $22,892), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 82% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,470 — common but not automatic. 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 · 1,392 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 | $15,365 |
| $30–48k | $14,511 |
| $48–75k | $17,382 |
| $75–110k | $21,135 |
| $110k+ | $22,892 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,680 of these 4,611 students, totalling $16,485,544 — an average of $6,151 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monroe 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)