Misericordia University
Private College in Dallas, PA. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $64,313.
A decade after enrolling, the median Misericordia University student earns $64,313 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 72% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $26,973 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile 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 0.1% — below national benchmark
Admissions
71% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 3,733, typical for a school of this reach. A 18% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Misericordia University →Academics
A 72% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. First-year retention is 78% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 1,670 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,632 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,747 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($36,759 versus $37,665), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Most students get help: 93% receive grants worth $25,945 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 76% 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 · 407 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 | $36,759 |
| $30–48k | $37,554 |
| $48–75k | $36,848 |
| $75–110k | $37,879 |
| $110k+ | $37,665 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,239 of these 1,632 students, totalling $9,976,153 — an average of $8,052 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Luzerne 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)