Kutztown University
of Pennsylvania
Public College in Kutztown, PA. Six-year graduation rate 54%. Median 10-year earnings $53,775.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,775 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 54%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. 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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania admits 91% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 7,536, typical for a school of this reach. A 18% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 8% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 570–670 | 105 (8%) |
| SAT Math | 550–640 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 54%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 20:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,348 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,134 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $15,957 at $0–30k versus $26,759 at $110k+. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $7,571, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 63% 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 · 1,594 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 | $15,957 |
| $30–48k | $16,386 |
| $48–75k | $19,306 |
| $75–110k | $23,840 |
| $110k+ | $26,759 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,023 of these 6,348 students, totalling $26,041,859 — an average of $6,473 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Berks 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)