Keystone College
Private College in La Plume, PA. Six-year graduation rate 36%. Median 10-year earnings $44,976.
Ten years after entry, the median Keystone College student earns $44,976 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Completion is the weak point: 36% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,000, 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 1.0 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Keystone College accepts 85% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 1,974, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 11%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | 3 (2%) |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 36% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. 57% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 956 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,952 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $21,925 at the $0–30k band to $30,271 at $110k+. 100% of students get grant aid averaging $7,154, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 90% 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 · 196 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 | $21,925 |
| $30–48k | $24,335 |
| $48–75k | $18,916 |
| $75–110k | $28,291 |
| $110k+ | $30,271 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 861 of these 956 students, totalling $6,431,521 — an average of $7,470 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Wyoming 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 (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)