Gannon University
Private College in Erie, PA. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $58,845.
Ten years after entry, the median Gannon University student earns $58,845 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,000 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
74% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 6,547, typical for a school of this reach. A 11% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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
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A 67% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. 19% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,457 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,123 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $18,489 at $0–30k against $25,445 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 89% of students receive it, averaging $28,118. 76% 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 · 615 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 | $18,489 |
| $30–48k | $15,945 |
| $48–75k | $20,352 |
| $75–110k | $23,354 |
| $110k+ | $25,445 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,878 of these 2,457 students, totalling $12,660,414 — an average of $6,741 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Erie 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)