Lycoming College
Private College in Williamsport, PA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $56,210.
Students who entered Lycoming College land at a median of $56,210 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 60%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. 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
- ! Mobility score 0.5 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 74% puts Lycoming College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 2,896, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 19% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the 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 | 540–650 | 50 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 540–650 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. With 30% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The 10:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,054 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $20,492 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $12,151 at $0–30k versus $26,233 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $41,851 on average. Most students borrow — 72% 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 · 293 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 | $12,151 |
| $30–48k | $14,785 |
| $48–75k | $15,883 |
| $75–110k | $20,435 |
| $110k+ | $26,233 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 757 of these 1,054 students, totalling $4,915,660 — an average of $6,494 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lycoming 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)