Mount Aloysius College
Private College in Cresson, PA. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $46,165.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,165 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,287, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
An acceptance rate of 82% puts Mount Aloysius College on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 1,577, typical for a school of this reach. Yield sits at 25% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 10% 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 | 473–598 | 32 (10%) |
| SAT Math | 445–570 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 56% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. A 28% 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. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,123 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $22,216 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($21,530 versus $26,786), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $17,139, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 81% 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 · 322 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 | $21,530 |
| $30–48k | $20,389 |
| $48–75k | $19,770 |
| $75–110k | $21,769 |
| $110k+ | $26,786 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 915 of these 1,123 students, totalling $6,255,379 — an average of $6,836 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cambria 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)