Eastern University
Private College in Saint Davids, PA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $51,655.
Ten years after entry, the median Eastern University student earns $51,655 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 61%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. 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
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 3,108, typical for a school of this reach. About 21% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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 | — | 1 (1%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 61% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The part-time picture is harder: 38% return, against 65% full-time. At 21:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,978 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $27,422 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $26,557 at $0–30k, $32,353 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 91% of students receive it, averaging $20,843. Most students borrow — 60% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 447 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 | $26,557 |
| $30–48k | $22,232 |
| $48–75k | $23,373 |
| $75–110k | $25,963 |
| $110k+ | $32,353 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,184 of these 1,978 students, totalling $8,211,623 — an average of $6,935 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)