Marywood University
Private College in Scranton, PA. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $55,817.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $55,817 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 72% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $26,186 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Marywood University accepts 61% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 4,236 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 17% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below rest on the 28% 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 | 530–640 | 122 (28%) |
| SAT Math | 530–610 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–30 | 8 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Marywood University →Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention of 80% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. A 13% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. 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 1,821 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $26,217 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $18,941 at the $0–30k band to $28,365 at $110k+. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $27,667, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 83% 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 · 416 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 | $18,941 |
| $30–48k | $21,192 |
| $48–75k | $21,303 |
| $75–110k | $24,083 |
| $110k+ | $28,365 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,514 of these 1,821 students, totalling $10,138,774 — an average of $6,697 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lackawanna 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)