Millersville University
of Pennsylvania
Public College in Millersville, PA. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $55,246.
Ten years after entry, the median Millersville University of Pennsylvania student earns $55,246 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $23,507 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 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Millersville University of Pennsylvania takes nearly everyone who applies. 7,662 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. The score bands below rest on the 18% 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 | 520–620 | 221 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 500–590 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four 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 24% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 21% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,610 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,551 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $14,565 while those at $110k+ pay $24,541. Grant aid reaches 68% of students at an average of $6,659. About 52% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,142 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 | $14,565 |
| $30–48k | $15,313 |
| $48–75k | $17,961 |
| $75–110k | $22,010 |
| $110k+ | $24,541 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,933 of these 5,610 students, totalling $18,284,685 — an average of $6,234 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lancaster 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)