Harrisburg University
of Science and Technology
Private College in Harrisburg, PA. Six-year graduation rate 34%. Median 10-year earnings $52,374.
Students who entered Harrisburg University of Science and Technology land at a median of $52,374 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Only 34% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. 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
- ! Graduation rate 34% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 87% of applicants are accepted. Only 1,423 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 10% 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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Completion is the problem here: 34% graduate within six years. Retention of 74% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. 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 650 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,984 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,637 while those at $110k+ pay $20,871. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $18,012 on average. Most students borrow — 62% 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 · 136 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 | $12,637 |
| $30–48k | $11,292 |
| $48–75k | $15,063 |
| $75–110k | $19,420 |
| $110k+ | $20,871 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 403 of these 650 students, totalling $2,706,175 — an average of $6,715 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dauphin County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring, Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); Heightened Cash Monitoring; School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)