La Roche University
Private College in Pittsburgh, PA. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $52,341.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $52,341 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 56% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 2.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 1,976 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 10% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 16% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 480–600 | 21 (16%) |
| SAT Math | 460–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 15–22 | 5 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 56%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 69% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Transfer-out runs to 16% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 745 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,108 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $16,152 while those at $110k+ pay $27,145. 91% of students get grant aid averaging $19,262, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 57% take federal loans.
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 · 170 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 | $16,152 |
| $30–48k | $15,200 |
| $48–75k | $17,960 |
| $75–110k | $25,120 |
| $110k+ | $27,145 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 427 of these 745 students, totalling $4,244,304 — an average of $9,940 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny 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)